Boston 2:50 Training Plan

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    djquigs

    Member since 11/23/2022.

    2 posts. Last post 1 year ago.
    1 year ago 11/25/2022 4:23am EST

    I was ready for it in 2019 and then covid hit, running a 1:21 half the weekend before the world shut down in March

    For Boston specifics, I'd found this link
    https://runnersconnect.net/boston-marathon-training-plan/
    and was incorporating in the 2-4-2 using treadmill as its flat where I live !

    Although I think I was ready, I was just replacing what would be flat tempos in my marathon plan with hilly ones every 2nd week - Not really sure if they were in the right block or enough

    Would anyone be willing to share their training plan template for Boston so I can get an idea where to incorporate the hill sessions and hilly tempos

    Thanks !

  • heart break hill is just a speed bump

    Anonymous Poster

    1 year ago 11/25/2022 9:27am EST
    re: djquigs

    Where to incorporate hills? During easy runs, long runs and workouts. Boston is only hilly if you hammer the downhills to hard in the first half and are too pansy in training to actually hit hills hard in training. Especially when I did it, from my mountain trail running background I didn't even notice I was running up heartbreak hill till I saw a sign at the top saying I reached the top of it(it's super overblown by road runners in my opinion).

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    NERunner03533

    Member since 02/12/2022.

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    1 year ago 11/26/2022 7:39am EST
    re: djquigs

    Those workouts look good. I think the hilly tempos are good. Lots of people do their Boston workouts on the track or on flat bike paths & can wonder why those workouts don't translate 1:1. Averaging 6:30/mile for a long tempo on a flat or hilly loop makes a difference so keep mixing in the hill work. I agree with the article that longer stuff works best. It's also not a bad idea to run hard-ish back down the hill if the grade isn't too bad. Gotta dial into effort for Boston.

  • RunlineCoaching

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    1 year ago 11/27/2022 12:54am EST
    re: djquigs

    Happy to help coach you if you need some guidance.

    Drop me a line at henry@runlinecoaching.com

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