Ten Weeks of Training – Prep Yourself for this Year’s Mini Marathon with this Handy Guide

We’ve paired up with the Irish Cancer Society to create The Pink Brigade, a team made up of Her.ie staffers and our fab readers, who will run, walk or jog all over cancer in this year’s Flora Women’s Mini Marathon! 

We’d love for you to join us, you can find all the info you need right here, drop us a line and we’ll include you on our email list for training tips, inspirational stories and much more – and we’ll all work towards our June goal together!

For now, we’re on week nine of our ten-week training schedule. What you get out of the day itself is entirely dependent on what you put in, so every week right here we’ll be upping the training ever so slightly to get you ready for the challenge.

 

Week 9

 

For Walkers: 

Train three days a week.

Day one: Walk for 50 minutes at a brisk pace.

Day two: Walk for 30 minutes at a brisk pace.

Day three: Walk for 60 minutes, try the same route as day one but increase the pace slightly and better your time and distance covered.

 

For Joggers: 

Train three days a week.

Day one: Walk for 5 minutes, stretch for 5, jog for 55 and walk for another 10.

Day two: Alternative exercise - dry an aerobics class.

Day three: Walk 10 minutes, stretch 5/10 minutes, run for 60 minutes (moderate pace) and walk for another 10 minutes.

 

For Runners:

Train four days a week.

Day one: Walk 5 minutes, stretch for 5, run for 60 (steady pace), walk for 5, stretch for 5.

Day two: Walk 5 minutes, stretch for 5, run for 30 (faster pace than day 1), walk for 5, stretch for 5.

Day three: Jog 30 mins

Day four: Jog 30 mins

 

Check back here next week for part ten!