Gary P's Running and Weight Loss Progress Site

For me, the idea of running a marathon really started as a way to get back into shape and to be perfectly honest a friend had convinced me to do by saying that one of their friends had done, so I figured if they could finish a marathon, then I knew that I could finish a marathon. Running a marathon to me was initially just one of those bucket list type activities, something that seemed so tough to achieve and figured I would only be able to do one of them in my lifetime. Fast foward to the present and I have developed a real love for running and have no doubt I will finish my first marathon with flying colors and I'm looking into future marathons to run in.

n I first decided to do the marathon, I was looking online at the various begineer programs online tofind the one that would ultimately fit me the best. For the first half of my training I really didn't follow any specific plan, I knew that I wanted to build up my base mileage, so I decided to do 3 weekday runs and one long run on the weekend. As the weeks went on, I decided to sign up for a couple of races at various distances including 5k, 10k, and a half marathon. As my training progressed I really didn't follow any specific plan, I just stuck to my four days a week and slowly increased my long run distances. However as training progressed I realized that I needed to find a more structured plan for the actual marathon training itself. After looking through several programs online, I decided on a program by Art Liberman. Here's a link to the his site: Art Liberman's Marathon Training Schedule.

Week #	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Total
1	Rest	3.5	Rest	3.5	Rest	3.5	5	15.5
2	Rest	4	Rest	4	Rest	Rest	3	11
3	Rest	3.5	Rest	4	Rest	4	Rest	11.5
4	Rest	Rest	4.5	3.5	Rest	4	Rest	12
5	5.25	4	Rest	4	Rest	4	6	23.25
6	Rest	4	Rest	4	Rest	4.5	7	19.5
7	Rest	4.5	Rest	4	Rest	3.5	8	20
8	Rest	4	Rest	4.5	Rest	4.5	8.5	21.5
9	Rest	5	Rest	5	Rest	5	9	24
10	Rest	5.5	Rest	5	Rest	5	10	25.5
11	Rest	5	Rest	5	Rest	3.5	6.5	20
12	Rest	5	Rest	5	Rest	5	3.1	18.1
13	Rest	5.5	Rest	5.5	Rest	5.5	10.5	27
14	Rest	5.5	Rest	5.5	Rest	5.5	11	27.5
15	Rest	6	Rest	7	Rest	6	Rest	19
16	6.2	6	Rest	6	Rest	6	10	34.2
17	Rest	6	Rest	6	Rest	6	11	29
18	Rest	6	Rest	6	Rest	6	12	30
19	Rest	6	Rest	6	Rest	6	10	28
20	Rest	6	Rest	5	Rest	3.5	Rest	14.5
21	13.1	3.5	Rest	5	Rest	6	7	34.6
22	Rest	6	Rest	6	Rest	6	8	26
23	Rest	6	Rest	6	Rest	6	9	27
24	Rest	6	Rest	6	Rest	6	Rest	18
25	10	Rest	6	8	6	Rest	4	34
26	12	Rest	6	8	6	Rest	4	36
27	6	Rest	4	Rest	4	Rest	4	18
28	14	Rest	6	8	6	Rest	4	38
29	16	Rest	6	8	6	Rest	5	41
30	18	Rest	6	8	6	Rest	5	43
31	6	Rest	5	Rest	5	Rest	4	20
32	20	Rest	5	7	6	Rest	4	42
33	14	Rest	6	8	6	Rest	4	38
34	7	Rest	5	Rest	6	Rest	4	22
35	21	Rest	5	7	6	Rest	4	43
36	14	Rest	6	8	6	Rest	4	38
37	8	Rest	6	Rest	6	Rest	4	24
38	22	Rest	5	7	6	Rest	5	45
39	12	Rest	6	8	6	Rest	4	36
40	14	Rest	7	Rest	5	Rest	4	30
41	10	Rest	6	Rest	4	Rest	2	22
42	26.2	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest	26.2

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