I’m training for the P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon on Sunday, January 16, 2011 with Team in Training. Running a marathon is a life long goal for me, so raising money to support an organization like Team in Training is just icing on the cake!
Please stop back from time-to-time to see my progress. I will link my blog posts to the appropriate training day below.
Week of August 15
- Sunday: 6-mile run
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: 2 miles
- Wednesday: 60 minutes Vinyasa yoga
- Thursday: 4 miles
- Friday: 40 minutes elliptical
- Saturday: 3 miles
Week of August 22
- Sunday: 33 min. elliptical + 12 min. strength training
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: Track Workout 1
- Wednesday: Body Pump
- Thursday: 4 miles easy
- Friday: 40 min. elliptical
- Saturday: 6 miles
Week of August 29
- Sunday: 45 min. Yoga for Runners
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: Track Workout 2
- Wednesday: 60 min. Baptiste Yoga
- Thursday: 4 miles
- Friday: Body Pump
- Saturday: 7 miles
Week of September 5
- Sunday: 45 min. walk
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: Track Workout 3
- Wednesday: 30 min. elliptical + Body Pump Express
- Thursday: 5 miles easy
- Friday: 75 min. Ashtanga Yoga
- Saturday: 9 miles
Week of September 12
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: 45 min. elliptical
- Tuesday: Track Workout 4
- Wednesday: 70 min. walk
- Thursday: 5 miles pace
- Friday: Off
- Saturday: BeaverDash 5K
Week of September 19
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: 70-min. walk
- Tuesday: Track Workout 1
- Wednesday: Body Pump
- Thursday: 4 miles
- Friday: 75 min. Ashtanga Yoga
- Saturday: 8 miles
Week of September 26
- Sunday: 30 min. elliptical
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: Track Workout 2
- Wednesday: Body Pump
- Thursday: 4 miles easy
- Friday: 40 min. elliptical
- Saturday: 9 miles
Week of October 3
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: Track Workout 3
- Wednesday: Body Pump
- Thursday: 4 miles pace
- Friday: 75 min. Ashtanga Yoga
- Saturday: 10 miles
Week of October 10
- Sunday: 45 min. elliptical
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: Track Workout 4
- Wednesday: Body Pump
- Thursday: 60 min. Baptiste Yoga
- Friday: 40 min. elliptical
- Saturday: 12 miles
Week of October 17
- Sunday: 60-min. walk
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: 5 miles
- Wednesday: Body Pump
- Thursday: Track Workout 1
- Friday: 50-minute walk
- Saturday: 14 miles
Week of October 24
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: 60-minute walk
- Tuesday: 5 miles
- Wednesday: Body Pump
- Thursday: Track Workout 2
- Friday: Power Yoga
- Saturday: 12 miles
Week of October 31
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: Off
- Wednesday: Body Pump
- Thursday: 16 miles
- Friday: Off
- Saturday: Off
Week of November 7
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: 3 miles
- Tuesday: Off
- Wednesday: Off
- Thursday: Moving!
- Friday: 5 miles
- Saturday: 45-minute walk
Week of November 14
- Sunday: Chilly Half Marathon
- Monday: Sick
- Tuesday: Sick
- Wednesday: Sick
- Thursday: Sick
- Friday: Body Pump
- Saturday: 8 miles
Week of November 21
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: Step & Strength
- Tuesday: 4-mile run
- Wednesday: Body Pump
- Thursday: 5 miles
- Friday: Off
- Saturday: 11 miles
Week of November 28
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: Body Pump
- Wednesday: 40-min. elliptical + 20 min. stairclimber
- Thursday: 3-mile run + 45 min. yoga
- Friday: Body Pump
- Saturday: 18 miles
Week of December 5
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: Off
- Wednesday: 30 min.elliptical + 20 min. stairclimber
- Thursday: 3.5 miles
- Friday: Body Pump
- Saturday: 10 miles
Week of December 12
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: 60 minutes elliptical
- Tuesday: 45 minutes bike
- Wednesday: Off
- Thursday: 60 minutes elliptical
- Friday: Body Pump
- Saturday: 20 miles
Week of December 19
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: Body Pump
- Wednesday: 45-minute elliptical
- Thursday: Off
- Friday: 12 miles
- Saturday: Off
Week of December 26
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: Off
- Tuesday: Off
- Wednesday: 60-minute walk
- Thursday: Off
- Friday: 10 miles
- Saturday: Off
Week of January 2
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: 3.25 miles
- Tuesday: Off
- Wednesday: 40 min. elliptical
- Thursday: 45 min. elliptical
- Friday: Body Pump
- Saturday: 8 miles
Week of January 9
- Sunday: 60-minute walk
- Monday: 45-minute walk
- Tuesday: 2 mile run + 15 min. elliptical
- Wednesday: 15 min. stretching
- Thursday: 20 min. stretching
- Friday: Off
- Saturday: 2 miles
- Sunday: MARATHON!!!
14 Comments
Thanks for sharing your training plan–it’s so helpful! Good luck this weekend! 🙂
Oh my goodness – this is so great. Glad I found it. I love comparing training plans, combining and making something crazy amazing!
I love this!! I am training for my first half marathon (also with TNT) and now that my long runs are increasing (10, 11, and 12 this week, eek!) I find I am really sore and it’s harder to fit in my weekday runs without hurting myself. Is that why you didn’t run as often during the week some weeks? I do other forms of exercise so this really made me feel better that you tackled your long runs consistently and still finished your marathon in amazing time!!
@Jamie: Yea, towards the end, it was tough. I just didn’t want to get hurt before the big day, so I took it easy.
Thanks for sharing this Tina. I just registered for my first marathon yesterday but have been looking for a good training plan the last week or so. I want a plan that has at least 2 days for cross training so I could maintain and build muscle through strength training but almost all the plans I come by have (almost) nothing but running or only 1 cross training day. Looking at your schedule and knowing you did the marathon, I feel that I can definitely work a schedule for myself that does what I need!
~Ang