Weekly Workout

Monday-1000 m swim

Tuesday-17 mile cycle

Wed-1000 m swim

Thursday-Going to attempt 2 miles. Shin splints have hobbled my running for 4 months. Im ready to get back at it. First full is day before my 50th birthday, Cant break that promise to myself..

Friday-1000 m swim

Saturday-27 mile cycle

Sunday-dependent on Thursday..

Thursday got 1.5 miles. Not bad for not running in 4 months. Sunday will go for 3..have to go slower though. I was trying to run my 5 months ago pace...wasn't smart..

I've just read your story. Do you have a training plan? You want to make sure that you're not increasing mileage by more than 10% a week. One of the most common ways for people to injure themselves is by trying to do too much, too quickly and that's doubly true for someone who was running and had to take a break. It's really easy to think to ourselves "oh, I was doing x, y, and z before, so I should still be able to do x, y, and z."

Jeff Galloway is a respected training plan creator -- http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/marathon-training/ -- and he has plans for various distances available. Although his plan is 32 weeks and you've got 16.

It looks like your marathon has a 6 hour time limit, which requires an average pace of 14 minutes per mile. You might consider dropping down to the half marathon at the same event. It's got a 4h20m time limit which is a 20 minute per mile average pace.

I have ran several 1/2's already. I'm very close to a sub 2:00 time. Last time I ran a 2:03. No, my plan is to run a 4:45 marathon. We, the running group I'm in, follow Higdon's marathon training. We will start here very soon since we are @4 months out. I also personally follow "the Maffetone method" of Heart Rate training. Thats why I needed to slow down because my HR needs to be around 135 and it was up to 150 but that's just because my training has been on hold.

Hi and welcome to the exercise forum!

I find that my shin splints acting up is always due to my shoes and that I have to replace my shoes much more frequently than my always-normal-weighted running friends do. I aim to replace every 200 miles.

I actually went too long on my old Hokas. I never noticed that bottom had worn out so I recently purchased a new brand of Hokas with more support.

A lot of activity trackers let you track your shoe mileage and remind you when to replace.

200 miles..wow..I was running 30 miles a week before I got injured. Of course in hindsight, that was too much for me but when you feel great, its hard to make yourself slow down. Hopefully more cross training for me will help.

Did 4 miles Sunday. Went pretty slow. 10:40 pace. Legs are slowly coming back around. Its so great getting to run again. If anyone is using Strava, look me up.

Starting running 2 days a week again. Tues going to do 5 and then Sunday at least 5. Thursday going to do 26 miles cycling and still swimming M, W, and Fri.