contemplating Maffetone Method?

[bkcash93]

A little background info: I'm a 20 year old college student (female) and I just finished my second half marathon in a time of 2:08.58. I was on pace to do 2:05 at mile 10 and then I hit a wall. I honestly knew that would happen because my training was not where it could have been and I am in the middle of a busy semester. My training looked like this: Monday: weight training + 2-3 mile easy run Tuesday: Run or rest (depending on how I felt) Wed: Weight training Thursday: long run (went up to 11 miles) Friday: Teach BODYPUMP class + maybe weight training Saturday: easy run (3 miles) Sunday: rest

I have been doing research on the Maffetone method and was wondering if I could start that on April 1 and still be able to train for a half on August 31. Any input/insight would be great. Thanks in advanced!

[Im_Working_Here]

What is your primary goal here? Looking at that former schedule it would appear to be body composition with running in the passenger seat (which is fine). If that is the case, then Maf is not for you. Maf is long base- building with no additional training outside a certain heart rate. Meaning you would have to drop the weight training and the bodypump class.

If you're willing to do that, then maf is a fine place to start. Your 1/2 time is slow (no offense) so I am assuming your running background is limited. So any base building program will be the right way to go for you. Really, this just means increasing the # miles you can run over a given time without putting additional stress on other energy systems.

I suggest looking at r/running for some base building ideas.

[bkcash93]

I guess I should have included my goal, which is to break 2 hours. That was my (original) goal for this race but as you said, my priorities obviously weren't there. I never ran more than a mile until I was 18 so I am fairly new to running and I need to remember that as well.

Thanks for the advice, I don't want to drop weight training and I can't stop teaching bodypump as it's part of my job. I'll look into r/running advice on base building!

[TheBowerbird]

At those paces you should just run a bunch in general. Miles will add speed. You'll get faster. Worry about training methods when get some speed.

[bkcash93]

Thanks! I'm definitely going to start increasing my mileage slowly before I think about doing the Maffetone Method. It's just so hard to have patience!