I'm a total beginner, not particularly active and I have very poor stamina! However, to challenge myself I have signed up to the London marathon next year. I don't imagine I'll be an elite athlete by this time next year - how long do you think it will take me to complete?|||In all honesty it depends on how "smart" you are when you train.
Assuming you can run 2 miles now at a nice easy pace (conversational), within 20 weeks you should be able to train up to being able to finish marathon distance at that nice easy pace (between 10 and 12 minute miles) or approximately 4 to 5 hours.
The training is quite simple...run 5x per week...starting with 2 mile runs. The fifth run of the week should be 1.5x the base distance -- in your first week it will be 3 miles.
Each week, increase distance/duration of your runs by 10%. No more. The math is relatively simple and soon your workouts will be limited by available time rather than endurance. When you are running around 25 miles per week, you may wish to do some speed work.
Training volume is as follows:
Week 1: 10-11 miles (e.g. or 4x2 miles +1x3 miles)
Week 2: 11 miles
Week 3: 12 miles
Week 4: 13.5 miles
Week 5: 15 miles
Week 6: 16.5 miles
Week 7: 18.x miles
Keep increasing by 10% total mileage.
By week 10 your baseline mileage is around 5 miles and your weekly run is around 7 or 8 miles. (28 miles)
By week 12, a 10K is just a TEMPO run and you should be doing a solid 9 miler every week. You are at half marathon completion capability. Your baseline training endurance is well on its way--until this point all your workouts have been at easy conversational low intensity pace.
By week 15 your long run is 11 miles...at this point you should be alternating EASY/Hard weeks.
By week 20, your long run is closer to 16 miles...do not exceed this distance...start working on speed.
Once you are confident you can complete the marathon distance (if you can run 16 you can throw in another 10 at an all day pace) then work on speed.
This is just a rough plan. You will have to work on nutrition and injury avoidance. A good pair of shoes and adequate rest are also important.
See you at the starting line.|||Its very hard to become an elite runner, I have tried once before but have to keep it easy now because my IT bands are tight as hell and cause me pain when I'm running. Elite runners will typically finish a full marathon in about 2:05:00-2:30:00'ish or so, so if you can keep up with them I give you lots of respect. Their averaging almost 4:00 miles the entire way.
Most competitive marathons will give you about 12-14 hours to finish, but it varies from competition to competition.
You say your a beginner, why don't you try running a half marathon first or a 5K or a 10K before you go for the grand daddy of all races. Full marathons aren't going anywhere, and lots of athletes spend months or even years training for them. Personally, myself I have only ran 2 half marathons and hoping to come up on my third one here this summer.
A decent time and respectable time for half marathons is about under two hours, but even the elite runners still finish in a little over an hour in the halves. Just remember to pace yourself, keep hydrated %26amp; keep training %26amp; eventually you'll complete one some day!|||Hi.The key thing to do is train for the full marathon. It is 26 miles to do. Click the link in my sources and look at the Novice 2 schedule. Then follow that guide. You should then be able to complete the marathon.|||2 weeks usually|||12-14 hours
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