Mooch's Daily Marathon Training Week 6 Friday

I am running (walking kinda briskly) The Chicago Marathon on October 9, 2011. I have been training for 6 weeks now in an 18 week training program. Myself, and a friend from my church are doing it.

We are doing for personal goals as well as to raise money for Alzheimers research. I am part of the ALZ Stars... and need to raise $1000 my October 9^th.

I am slow. I am fat. I can walk a mile in 22-23 minutes. However, at the moment I am jogging them at a 16:30 pace.

I have a cool Garmin watch that is hooks up to a satellite and maps where I am going. My speed. You can then look at the maps online and your speed, calories burned. I am also wired to a heart rate monitor.

I am hoping to do 15 minute miles and finish in 6 hours 30 minutes by doing the run/walk method.

Last October I weighed 247 pounds and now I am at 207. I think when Bapu was here in May I was hovering around 225.

anyway my goal is 160 by the jan 2012 .

This watch is fairly new – but you can look at the map and times and progress on this page if you wish.....

I'll post daily to keep you all amused and for my own motivation.


Link >>> todays work out http://connect.garmin.com/activity/99292819

all of mooch's work out with the new garmin watch (click the work outs on the right for details >>http://connect.garmin.com/explore?owner=mooch4056

Cheers

Mooch  

I'm confused...  Are you in potty retraining or something?  And what does this have to do with Bapu's post count???

Oh yeah.


I want to scold your hands.

Great stuff there Mooch!!

18 weeks sounds like a short time to prepare for a full marathon.

It will be a massive achievement if you pull it off.

Good luck and have fun.

Way to go, Paul.

I'm honored that you actually want all of us here to know your exact whereabouts for the next few months.  :)

good for you Mooch:
 
for your weight, and amount of time you have been training, 16:30 a mile is not bad at all.
 
the most important thing you can do, as you already know, is get that weight down as much as you can;
 
Stretching before and after the jog is also very important. You should stretch 20-30 minutes to avoid injuries. Soooooo many people skip on the stretching.
 
Running with a group is so much more enjoyable than jogging by yourself.
 
Back to the weight: it's probably the single most important thing you can do to run a marathon. I have been an avid jogger for 30 years; but I have only run two marathons; I weigh 225 (I am very tall and the weight is distributed well) but still running 26 miles is too much for me.
 
So..... if you get your weight around 175 or so, there's no reason you can't accomplish your goal.
 
Train slow, stretch before and after running, lose as much weight as you can and a 5 hour marathon is VERY doable.
 
GOOD LUCK