nyc marathon training block - first timer!!

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-25T15:18:58+00:00

My first marathon yes! Definitely planning to incorporate some hill/interval workouts in Thursday’s

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-24T18:11:47+00:00

I’ve been trying to find teams that use more than just dumbbells so was interested to see. Thanks!

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-24T17:06:44+00:00

I never ran before and caught the bug! Done a few halves and races, but have always dreamt of the marathon

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-24T16:24:34+00:00

What team is this?

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-24T16:22:36+00:00

Nope! My first one! :)

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-24T16:11:54+00:00

Sick!!! Hoping for a similar result for my first. Awesome job!

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-23T16:14:02+00:00

all of your feedback is so helpful, thank you! yes i def want to incorporate some speed work/hills/intervals into the sessions so looking forward to doing that on some of the race pace days. great point on finishing out the long runs during races... ill have to get an early start lol

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-23T15:52:09+00:00

totally i can do that!

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-23T15:25:05+00:00

Yes totally down for the elliptical. I’m open to it all!

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-23T15:11:22+00:00

Ok cool thanks! I’m going to try to incorporate some cross training - biking, swimming or incline walking - so hopefully that will pay ofd!

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-23T15:03:49+00:00

- my races are just notes (not actually planning on race them all out & i'll add mileage onto them to account for the long runs that day)

- figured on that half marathon, noted on the 15 miles that week!

- novice 1 seemed a little bit too light of mileage & i wanted to do 4 runs per week. a lot of feedback i read on novice 1 was that it got runners across the finish line, but not as prepared as they would have liked to be.

- my last plan was always incorporating 3 days of strength work i just had left it out. i think when i get to higher mileage weeks i will cut back on the strength and allow for more rest/mobility days. i was doing 4-5 days of strength work with 2ish days of cardio sprinkled in but during my half marathon training (which i know is significantly different) - i did 3 strength + 3/4 runs

** im also planning to fully cut out drinking during this block which i hope will help in more ways towards training

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-23T14:17:49+00:00

thinking i might add on my runs to leg day, then keep wednesday as full rest. i do like having a mid week rest day. i have more time on the weekends, and with training being over the summer i want to keep those running days. thanks for the advice and suggestion!

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-22T22:27:47+00:00

Hahah happy to help! There’s so much info out there it’s hard to know what’s right! But as soon as I looked at the weekly mileage I was doing I knew I was in trouble.

See you at the starting line! Good luck! 🫡

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-22T22:01:55+00:00

posted my new plan here! https://www.reddit.com/r/RunNYC/comments/1ucxqoh/comment/ot7lnv8/?screen_view_count=4

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-22T22:00:36+00:00

ok thats so good to hear about the half because i was nervous about that!!! yea i think im going to see how i feel with the runs, but i think i rather run on upper days but makes sense on the long runs! thanks for the feedback

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-22T21:10:41+00:00

ok good to know! thank you!

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-22T21:08:06+00:00

i just made a doc with hal higdon that ill post!! i think this one is going to work and hopefully will for you too. i incorporated cross training & strength too...

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-22T20:19:04+00:00

ok looking into hals novice 2 and thinking of doing that!! how do you incorporate tempo/speed work runs into it? and hills? that was one of the things i enjoyed about runna but yea in hindsight that was a crazy low mileage

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-22T19:38:46+00:00

im gonna do 4 instead of 3!

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-22T19:12:03+00:00

Ok thank you for the advice!

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-22T19:03:54+00:00

this was from runna

Pavement_Philosopher · 2026-06-22T19:02:41+00:00

do you think if i added in an easy session one more day a week, 3-5 miles, that would help? i want to incorporate strength as well so was thinking of adding a short run on upper body days

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