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Training

We're pleased to offer you a variety of training programs and resources to help you prepare.  Be sure to check out all the helpful tips on this page before you begin your training.

Helpful Links:

 

Ask Coach Jenny

Coach Jenny Hadfield, professional trainer and motivational speaker, is partnering with the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon to bring her distinctive training programs for runners to the participants in the 35th annual event on May 20, 2012.

Hadfield will offer a series of online training programs for various levels exclusively to the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon running community.

Click here to view the training programs and learn more about the Q&A forum.

Get training, wellness and fitness tips from the world-renown professionals at the Cleveland Clinic.  Click here to view the information created specifically for participants in the 2011 Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K.

Fleet Feet Half Marathon & 10K Training

Fleet Feet Cleveland is our official training partner for the half marathon and 10K events. Click here to view more information about their "Cleveland Marathon Rockers" training programs and locations.

Sign up for the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon Virtual Training Program brought to you by ActiveTrainer.

Click here to get started.

Marathon Training Schedules

These are sample schedules. Be flexible. Long runs are on Saturdays in the schedule, but may be switched to other days.

First-Time Marathoner
This is a bare minimum schedule (from a 15-mile-per-week base for at least one month to a peak of 35 miles per week).
    M T W Th F Sat Sun Total
Base   off 3 off 3 off 6 3 15
Week                  
1   off 3 off 3 off 8 3 17
2   off 4 off 4 off 6 4 18
3   off 3 off 4 off 10 3 20
4   off 5 off 4 off 8 4 21
5   off 4 off 3 off 13 3 23
6   off 4 4 4 off 8 4 24
7   off 4 4 4 off 15 off 27
8   off 4 4 4 off 10 3 25
9   off 3 4 4 off 16 3 30
10   off 5 5 5 off 12 3 30
11   off 4 4 4 off 18 3 33
12   off 5 6 5 3 12 4 35
13   off 4 4 4 off 20 3 35
14   off 5 6 5 off 12 4 32
15   off 4 4 4 off 20 3 35
16   off 4 4 4 3 15 3 33
17   off 4 4 4 off 6 5 23
18   off 4 4 3 off 2 26.2 13+race

 

 

Competitive Marathoner
This is a schedule for veteran marathoners aiming to improve race time (from a 30-mile-per-week base for at least one month to a peak of 50 miles per week).
    M T W Th F Sat Sun Total
Base   off 5 5 5 off 10 5 30
Week                  
1   off 6 5 5 off 13 3 32
2   off 5 4 5 3 13 3 33
3   off 5 5 4 4 15 3 36
4   off 5 6 5 4 13 5 38
5   5 5 6 5 off 15 4 40
6   6 6 6 6 off 13 6 43
7   off 6 6 6 6 18 5 47
8   6 6 6 6 off 15 4 43
9   off 6 6 8 5 20 5 50
10   off 6 6 8 6 15 5 46
11   off 6 6 8 6 20 4 50
12   off 6 6 8 6 13 6 45
13   off 6 6 8 4 22 4 50
14   off 6 6 8 6 15 4 45
15   off 5 6 5 off 22 4 42
16   off 5 5 6 5 15 4 40
17   off 5 5 4 4 8 4 30
18   off 4 4 3 off 3 26.2 14+race

 

 

Advanced Marathoner
This is a schedule for advanced runners who have the time, energy, and experience to handle the more difficult workload (from a 40-mile-per-week base for at least one month to a peak of 60 miles per week).
    M T W Th F Sat Sun Total
Base   off 6 6 5 5 12 6 40
Week                  
1   off 6 5 6 5 15 5 42
2   off 6 6 6 5 18 4 45
3   off 6 6 6 4 20 5 47
4   off 6 6 8 6 15 6 47
5   off 6 6 6 6 20 6 50
6   off 6 6 8 6 13 6 45
7   off 8 8 8 6 20 5 55
8   off 8 8 8 7 13 6 50
9   off 8 8 8 8 20 8 60
10   off 8 8 8 8 15 6 53
11   off 8 8 8 8 22 6 60
12   off 8 8 8 8 15 6 53
13   off 8 8 8 8 23 5 60
14   off 8 8 8 8 15 8 55
15   off 8 7 6 6 22 6 55
16   off 6 8 6 5 15 5 45
17   off 6 6 6 5 8 4 35
18   off 5 4 3 off 3 26.2 15+race

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