Coach Mark Hadley and Hadley Running has launched its Training Programs offering. The first group of training programs are ready and loaded and it is the most often asked for: BQ Training Programs.
Coach Hadley takes his 20+ yrs of experience in coaching, including coaching hundreds to Boston Marathon Qualifiers, and has built Training Programs proven to get you to that coveted Boston Marathon Qualifying Time. And for a low price of just $59.99
All BQ Training Program are 16 weeks in duration and include:
- Detailed Daily Schedule - includes notes, tips, paces & heart rate ranges
- Training Focus Guide - keeping you focus on what is most important
- Training Cycle Overview - see how it will all come together
- Weather Adjustment Guide - how to adjust paces in extreme weather
- Warm-Up & Cool-Down Routines - for before and after your runs
- Strength Training Circuits - keep injuries away and improving stride power
- Recovery Guide - tips on how best recover between workouts
- Nutritional Guide - tips on how to optimize your nutrition as a runner
- Racing Guide - how to approach your races to get the most out of fitness
- Schedule Adjustment Guide - how to adjust for the unexpected
- FAQ's - getting straight answers to some of your most important running questions
3 Mileage / Runs Per Week Options
In training for the marathon we have 2 big variable to work
with, that is our endurance (aerobic resistance) and our efficiency (aerobic
power). In order to run a certain goal
time, we have to have some amount of both, but that balance between the 2 can
differ. We can have higher endurance and
lower efficiency or higher efficiency and lower endurance or more of a balance
between the two.
This allows for the design of 3 different types of programs to
get to each time. One more of a balance
program most typical to those achieving this time, one with less runs and
mileage (thus less endurance) but at slightly fast paces needed (thus more
efficiency) and one with more runs and mileage (more endurance) and slightly
slower paces needed (less efficiency).
For these Boston Qualifier Training Programs those 3 levels and their prerequisites are:
Moderate Mileage Program:
- 40-55 miles per week
- 5-6 runs per week
- Prerequisite of a base of multiple weeks of 4-5 runs per week with easy runs of between 4-6 miles and a long run of 9-11 miles.
Lower Mileage Program:
- 30-45 miles per week
- 4-5 runs per week
- Prerequisite of a base of multiple weeks of 3-4 runs per week with easy runs of between 3-5 miles and a long run of 8-10 miles.
Higher Mileage Program:
- 50-65 miles per week
- 6-7 runs per week
- Prerequisite of a base of multiple weeks of 5-6 runs per week with easy runs of between 5-7 miles and a long run of 10-12 miles.
