Derby 1/2 Marathon Running Program

Derby Festival Half Marathon Schedule - use link to view program.

The above program is designed to get people ready for the Derby Festival Half Marathon (locals call it "the mini") in Loisville, Kentucky on April 26, 2008. The information posted here is just the number of minutes that an athlete could run on each day. The style and placement of runs is similar to how I design marathon programs (double long weekends), but since this is a half there will be added focus on "speedier" runs on Tuesday and Thursday.

Each phase has specific goals. There are goals related to the distance of the race, but there are also goals based upon the athletes' experience, ability and durability. (Those of you who just went to AZ with me know that durability is my newest buzz.) I'll try and blog about the general period goals when I have a chance, but I need to complete my athletes' workouts for the first phase.

Also, start thinking about what you might use as your "fitness test". My last post (at sweat365.com) discussed the idea of fitness tests. For more info you can search my blog or look through the tags at delicious.

Hopefully this is of some help to those deciding where to start.

Note: This is an updated post with a better link to the program as the iframe wasn't working correctly.