windwalker
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Since we are in the time frame now that if you haven't started training for your January races, it's time you got to it, I thought we should get our walker thread going again.
My personal experience with both myself and other walkers is that the minimum long training walks you need to do for comfortably finishing a half marathon is 8 miles. Of course a regular longer training walk is better but if you can get through 8 miles without any problems then you can finish a half. You don't have to count miles either, count a brisk 2 hour walk as 8 miles.
The full marathon requires more preperation. A minimum for the marathon should be at least 12 miles and preferably 16 miles, done at least once a month for 3 months before the event.
Several people train for the Goofy just by preparing for the marathon and not worrying about back to back long trainings. They do just fine and I agree with that kind of training. Back to back hard workouts really tax your body and require lots of recovery time.
My training this time of year consists of a long training walk of 7 miles each week, 3 or 4 times at 4 miles hard and an interval speed workout. I take at least one day off from training each week and depending on my work schedule I might take 2 or 3 rest days. Having been injured from training to hard I respect the rest days as much as the workout days.
You can still work out on rest days but rest your walking muscles.
Good luck everyone on your training and races between now and January.
Dave
My personal experience with both myself and other walkers is that the minimum long training walks you need to do for comfortably finishing a half marathon is 8 miles. Of course a regular longer training walk is better but if you can get through 8 miles without any problems then you can finish a half. You don't have to count miles either, count a brisk 2 hour walk as 8 miles.
The full marathon requires more preperation. A minimum for the marathon should be at least 12 miles and preferably 16 miles, done at least once a month for 3 months before the event.
Several people train for the Goofy just by preparing for the marathon and not worrying about back to back long trainings. They do just fine and I agree with that kind of training. Back to back hard workouts really tax your body and require lots of recovery time.
My training this time of year consists of a long training walk of 7 miles each week, 3 or 4 times at 4 miles hard and an interval speed workout. I take at least one day off from training each week and depending on my work schedule I might take 2 or 3 rest days. Having been injured from training to hard I respect the rest days as much as the workout days.
You can still work out on rest days but rest your walking muscles.
Good luck everyone on your training and races between now and January.
Dave
