The Green Girl's Athens Marathon Training Schedule

The Green Girl is ready to start ramping up the mileage in preparation for the Athens Classic Marathon.

After struggling with posterior tibial tendonitis for so long, I had a hard time even looking at a training plan because I wasn't sure if my foot would hold up.

After doing San Francisco and Rockin' The Coto Trail, I am finally feeling confident enough to start seriously thinking about Athens.

Wk	Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	08/16- 08/22	Kickbox	Track Workout	Kickbox	3 mi	Pilates	17 mi	Walk
2	08/23- 08/29	Kickbox	Track Workout	Kickbox	3 mi	Pilates	10 mi	Walk
3	08/30- 09/05	Kickbox	Track Workout	Kickbox	3 mi	Pilates	15 mi	Walk
4	09/06- 09/12	Kickbox	Track Workout	Kickbox	4 mi	Pilates	17 mi	Walk
5	09/13- 09/19	Kickbox	Track Workout	Kickbox	4 mi	Pilates	13 mi	Walk
6	09/20- 09/26	Kickbox	Track Workout	Kickbox	4 mi	Pilates	19 mi	Walk
7	09/27- 10/03	Kickbox	Track Workout	Kickbox	5 mi	Pilates	12 mi	Walk
8	10/04- 10/10	Kickbox	Track Workout	Kickbox	5 mi	Pilates	20 mi	Walk
9	10/11- 10/17	Kickbox	Track Workout	Kickbox	5 mi	Pilates	12 mi	Walk
10	10/18- 10/24	Kickbox	Track Workout	Kickbox	3 mi	Pilates	8 mi	Walk
11	10/25- 10/31	Kickbox	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest	Athens Marathon

The Green Girl's Half Marathon Training Schedule

Wk	Date	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	11.10- 11.16	Kickbox	30 min tempo	Kickbox	3 mi	Rest	5 mi	Boot camp
2	11.17- 11.23	Kickbox	4 x 400 Intervals	Kickbox	3 mi	Rest	6 mi	2.5 mi Easy
3	11.24- 11.30	Kickbox	35 min tempo	Kickbox	3 mi	Rest	7 mi	Boot camp
4	12.01- 12.07	Kickbox	5 x 400 Intervals	Kickbox	4 mi race pace	Rest	7 mi	Boot camp
5	12.08- 12.14	Kickbox	35 min tempo	Kickbox	3 mi race pace	Rest	8 mi	Boot camp
6	12.15- 12.21	Kickbox	6 x 400 Intervals	Kickbox	4 mi race pace	2 miles Easy	Rest	10K race
7	12.22- 12.28	Kickbox	40 min tempo	Kickbox	4 mi race pace	Rest	9 mi	3 mi Easy
8	12.29- 01.04	Kickbox	6 x 400 Intervals	Kickbox	3 mi race pace	Rest	10 mi	Boot camp
9	01.05- 01.11	Kickbox	45 min tempo	Kickbox	4 mi race pace	Rest	11 mi	Rest
10	01.12- 01.18	Kickbox	7 x 400 Intervals	Kickbox	3 mi race pace	Rest	12 mi	Boot camp
11	01.19- 01.25	Kickbox	45 min tempo	Kickbox	3 mi race pace	Rest	5 mi	Boot camp
12	01.26- 02.01	Rest	4 mi	Kickbox	2 mi	Rest	20 minutes	Surf City USA Half Marathon

Tempo Run: Start off with 15-20 minutes of easy running and then 15 to 20 minutes of comfortably hard running. Finish with 5-10 minutes of cooling down.


Intervals: After warming-up, run 400 meters (one lap around most tracks) hard, then recover by jogging or walking 400 meters. Repeat this with the 400 meter recovery in between each run.