We have been working with Paul Smith from UK Outdoor Fitness to create the following training guides perfect for novice runners considering their first competitive distance race.
The Guides
Whether you are thinking of running for charity or just for yourself and a sense of personal achievement, you’ll find a structured training guide for each distance that takes you from having not run long distance in your life, to getting you across the line. Each guide is a tailored week by week programme that provides a training plan for people that are tackling the distances for the first time or even someone that is getting back into distance running after having some time out.
- 10k training guide (8 weeks)
- Half-marathon training guide (12 weeks)
- Full-Marathon Training Guide (16 weeks)
If you have not participated in distance running in the past we recommend that you work your way up and start with the 10k training guide and increase your distance once you’ve competed in a 10k and comfortably completed it.
The guides are designed to simply get you fit enough to complete the distance rather than thinking about how quickly you will complete it (so this aren’t for you if you are looking to drastically improve your time). The reason we have chosen to do this is that for the majority of people, simply completing a distance race is a monolithic challenge and can be a scarily daunting prospect, so we want to help as many people as we can to take on the challenge and go the distance!
Further Guidance
When you are new to running, there is always the risk of the dreaded blisters! Check out our guide with expert advice on how to prevent and treat blisters.
Lastly, we have put together a further guidance document that explains the 3 guides and how they work in more detail and provides all of the information you need from nutrition and hydration to how to tackle race day itself.
We hope you find this information useful and remember, stick to the programme!
All three rely on continuity to prepare you for race day so stay strong and all the best of luck in your training and the race!
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