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Effort-Based: Lake Sonoma Trail Marathon - Goal of Finishing

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Effort-Based: Lake Sonoma Trail Marathon - Goal of Finishing

Author

Greg Marshall

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Length

16 Weeks

Plan Description

This plan is for the beginner to intermediate runner aiming to complete the Lake Sonoma Trail Marathon. You can check out the companion blog post here: https://www.treelineendurance.com/post/race-report-ls26-2-the-lake-sonoma-trail-marathon

LS26.2 is run on soft single track trails around Lake Sonoma in the heart of scenic California wine country, and this plan makes sure that athletes will be ready to handle the demands of a course that's been referred to as "death by a thousand hills".

This comprehensive 16-week plan will help you to physically and mentally prepare to cover the 26.2 mile race distance and it's 6,000ft of vertical gain and loss. Even if you've never run any race longer than a road half marathon, success at the LS26.2 is in reach with this plan.

Features of this plan include:

-5 training sessions in an average week with two days of pure rest.

-Detailed workouts that will prepare you for a trail running race even if you don't have access to trails or long hills for training.

-Weekly Training Tips to help support your running through nutrition, recovery practices, and mental preparedness guidance

-Attainable long runs and interval workouts specifically targeted at preparing you for the many hills on this race course.

-Fully structured workout execution with compatible devices


This plan uses effort-based (RPE) targets so that you can easily manage your workout whether you're doing it on technical trail for fast-and-flat pavement. For the Heart Rate-based version of this plan, see this page: http://tinyurl.com/4w8npupy

Question about the plan? Email us at treelineendurance@gmail.com with the subject "Question: LS26.2 - Goal of Finishing (RPE)"

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Training Plan Sample Week

Stats

Average Weekly Breakdown

Workouts Weekly Average Longest Workout
Run x5
04:25:00 03:30:00
Day Off x2
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Workouts Per Week Weekly Average Longest Workout
Run
04:25:00 03:30:00
Day Off
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Training Load By Week


Greg Marshall

Treeline Endurance LLC

To Coach Greg, life is an adventure. In his 10+ years in sport, he recalls some of his most memorable adventures as running 1600m in less than 8 minutes (2012), backpacking 400 miles of the Appalachian Trail (2015), and running the most mountainous 50K footraces in the USA (2022/23).
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The business he founded in 2021, Treeline Endurance, is dedicated to helping others with the same spirit of adventure explore what's possible.
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You can learn more at TreelineEndurance.com.


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