aggie94
04-05-2001, 12:42 PM
Emilycat, I emailed you privately yesterday at the email address listed in your profile, but it occurred to me that it might not be current anymore. Anyway, in case you got it and just chose not to respond, sorry for bugging you again!
Here's my question, directed at long-distance runners (since I know you do marathons, I directed it to you, but others' advice is always appreciated). Can you recommend any good books, articles, websites, etc. that offer training programs for someone interested in long-distance running (1/2 marathon+) who can only run 2-3 times a week? I've looked at training programs, primarily for marathon distances, but they always have 5-6 days (at least) of running fairly considerable distances. I get horrible medial shin splints (that haven't been alleviated even with the best motion-control shoes, custom orthotics, and PT) if I run more than 2-3 times a week, and I absolutely cannot run two days in a row. My long-term goal for next year or the year after is to do a 1/2 Ironman, but the 1/2 marathon distance is completely daunting. I feel like it would take me years to reach that distance since I can only run 2-3 times a week -- improvement and building endurance would be SLOW. 2 times is typical, 3 is sometimes too much.
Any thoughts?
Here's my question, directed at long-distance runners (since I know you do marathons, I directed it to you, but others' advice is always appreciated). Can you recommend any good books, articles, websites, etc. that offer training programs for someone interested in long-distance running (1/2 marathon+) who can only run 2-3 times a week? I've looked at training programs, primarily for marathon distances, but they always have 5-6 days (at least) of running fairly considerable distances. I get horrible medial shin splints (that haven't been alleviated even with the best motion-control shoes, custom orthotics, and PT) if I run more than 2-3 times a week, and I absolutely cannot run two days in a row. My long-term goal for next year or the year after is to do a 1/2 Ironman, but the 1/2 marathon distance is completely daunting. I feel like it would take me years to reach that distance since I can only run 2-3 times a week -- improvement and building endurance would be SLOW. 2 times is typical, 3 is sometimes too much.
Any thoughts?