GPS Kids | Marathon training plan for beginners from Vali Tomescu

Valeriu (Vali) Tomescu, is a member of the Garmin Advisory Board and coach to Beijing gold medalist in the marathon, Constantina Dita. Below he offers some advice to beginning marathoners, along with a recommended training plan.

Vali: Training is a marathon. You should act like a professional in everything that you do and say. Remember about your goals and have the end in mind. That vision you have of yourself at your best carries with it the responsibility to act like a champion every day.

Remember that you are a human being, not a human doing. What you are doing is not who you are. Think WHO you want to be when you grow up instead of WHAT you want to be. That mind frame will prepare you for a successful future in life and in sport. Humans were born to do two things. Make mistakes and do the impossible. The more you do of one, the more you will do of the other.

Continue reading below for a training plan (in miles) tailored for beginning runners, 25-40 years old.

 

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