At age 57, I have completed 23 marathons, including running Boston 10 times and in 2010
completed 3 IRONMAN in 3 days raising $258,000 for charity.  'Never say "impossible"! 

My marathon schedule is more for runners age 40 and over, as the mileage is not as high as many
programs and the rest days are more essential to the aging athlete. Essential for running a good marathon is to 
peak at the correct time, thus the opening seven weeks are relateively  short and the logner runs are a
maximum15km. I recommend that the longs be done at a pace that is 30-45 seconds slower than your
marathon pace, and then increasing the pace during the last 3-5km of the run to your race pace.

I have also added in one day a week that is either a 10km run or cross training and I would recommend
that you go with cross training to save the additional pounding to the body. The tempo runs scheduled once
per week should be between your 10km race pace and your easy run pace, but again it is crucial to start these
out slower and try to quicken the pace slowly over the 22 week schedule, so that come week 20 you are
doing the 10km tempo run at very close to your race pace. Each long run you need to practice what to eat and
drink, before, during and after the run. Finally, follow these key rules and you will have a fun and
successful marathon:

(Click here to download Gord Pauls' Marathon Training Schedule)

For a half marathon training schedule, go to the Runner's Den website.

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