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Run 70 miles every month

Targets

Bronze Medal Finish in under 5:40
Silver Medal Finish in under 5:30
Gold Medal Finish in under 5 hours

Final finish time: 4:38:58

Training Plan

I used the Novice Plan 1 for my first marathon. It got me over the line, but I think I would have benefited from more miles and some pace runs mixed in. Novice 2 does both of those.

Running Data

0 miles
this month
656.1 miles
this year


Date Distance (miles) Duration Average Pace Climb
2021-12-25 3.50 39:38 11:20 148
2021-12-24 1.14 12:30 10:56 125
2021-12-18 2.05 23:18 11:22 218
2021-12-16 1.03 11:07 10:50 115
2021-12-11 2.06 22:40 11:01 209
2021-12-07 1.02 10:18 10:04 111
2021-11-25 1.01 10:41 10:33 107
2021-11-20 3.10 34:17 11:02 339
2021-11-18 3.10 33:42 10:51 327
2021-11-13 3.21 39:32 12:19 234

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