First 1/2 Marathon help
1mancity2
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Hi guys need help with some sort of training plan,
Im aged 40 been MTB for over 12months and decided to have a crack at the CRC Marathon series this year, doing the Grassington 1/2 Mara on 3-4 July, but ive only ridden for pleasure and not for such a long distance. Can you guys give me an idea what I should be doing miles wise off road, currently doing around 15miles twice a week at night and also doing core exercises daily.
Cheers in advance guys.
Ali
Im aged 40 been MTB for over 12months and decided to have a crack at the CRC Marathon series this year, doing the Grassington 1/2 Mara on 3-4 July, but ive only ridden for pleasure and not for such a long distance. Can you guys give me an idea what I should be doing miles wise off road, currently doing around 15miles twice a week at night and also doing core exercises daily.
Cheers in advance guys.
Ali
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just to clarify, this isn't a running 1/2 marathon?
A good rule is to have one long ride / run a week that should account for less than 1/2 your weekly total, building up your mileage each week.
A week before the event do 80% ride distance then have the week off.
good luck
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No its a 50k ride, and thanks for the info0
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That Grassinton round is a new one otherwise you might have been able to get hold of a route profile.
Expect about 2000 meters of climbing over the 50km distance. I did my first one last year at Ruthin and Its not the distance its the amount of climbing involved.
I would concentrate on climbing climbing and more climbing.
You say you do 15 miles twice a week but that means nothing unless it involves some significant climbs.
Measuring your twice weekly ride in meters climbed would be a better way of making a comparison.0 -
Cheers Dirtydog, I will try to involve more off road climbs in my sessions0
