Running: Marathon, Beginner: 3.0 to 6.25 or 7.5 hrs/wk, 14-week plan

Running: Marathon, Beginner: 3.0 to 6.25 or 7.5 hrs/wk Author: Gale Bernhardt 14 weeks - $54.95 (There is a 10% discount when ordering from Gale Bernhardt’s website.) Total Hours: 75  This 14-Week training plan is for the runner looking to step-up to a new distance and successfully complete a 26.2-mile event. Personal speed records will come at another race. The beginner plan is written for athletes intending to run, or run and walk, the event at a pace between 12 and 16 minutes per mile (finish time at 5:14 to 7:00). If you use the training plan “as is”, it is a 14-week program. Before beginning the plan, you should be capable of running or run/walking four days per week. The description of the first week of the plan seen below should seem easy for you.  The first week of the plan has you running three or four days. Monday is an optional day of walking, Tuesday is a 20-minute run, Wednesday is an optional 30-minute bike ride, Thursday is a 30-minute run, Friday is a day off, Satur