Have you always thought that you would like to run a 1/2 marathon one day, but just didn't know where to start........so you didn't! Our Xco-Trainer 1/2 marathon training schedules are exactly what you need to finally realise your dream. With training programmes for beginners through to advanced you no longer have a reason for putting off your dream.
These training programmes (in downloadable eBook formats) have been prepared by Chris Frapwell, trainer to the UK's Bronze Medal Commonwealth Winning Marathon Runner, Dan Robinson, to ensure that you get effective fitness training prior to running a Marathon. You will literally have one of the UK's leading running coaches guiding you through your training and getting you across the line faster than you thought possible.
Chris is a middle distance/endurance coach at Stroud & District Athletic club and has, because of his success, been invited to speak at various sporting events on topics ranging from 'Development from Young Athlete to Senior' to 'Planning a Year for a Road Runner'.
Chris coaches athletes of all ages from under 13s to veterans who range in ability from Club Standard to International, and who compete in distances of over 800m to the Marathon. He has been coaching seriously for about 12 years now and Chris’ Young Athletes group has developed into one of the best in the country, attracting athletes who are prepared to travel 30-40 miles 2-3 times/week to train!
In 2007 Chris was named Performance Coach of the Year at the Gloucestershire Sports Awards, and in 2009 he won the England Athletics Puma Excellence in Coaching Award for Endurance.
A few of the athletes he has coached are:
Dan Robinson: Commonwealth Bronze Medal winner, and who has represented the UK in the Marathon at two Olympics, two World Championships, the European Championships as well as various others. Rachel Felton: Great Britain and England 1500m International; England Cross Country International Kathryn Morton: Lady V50 England Cross Country International; UK LV50 10km Road Champion 2008
Tom Curr: 2009 England Schoolboy Cross Country and Track International; British Schools Cross Country Champion; English and British Schools 3000m Champion; AAA’s U17 1500m Champion; UK U17 fastest at 3000m 8:26.97; GB U20 World Cross Country Representative 2011 Tom Purnell: 2008 England Schoolboy Cross Country International; 5th UK All Time U15 1500m-4:03.5; England U20 Indoor 1500m Representative 20011 Kate Goodhead: England Representative on Road and Cross Country 2009-2011, GB Representative at World Mountain Running Championships 2009 and 2011 Amber Watson: England Schools Cross Country Representative 2007 and 2010, GB U20 Representative at World Mountain Running Championships 2011
This Package Includes:
Running Programmes for Marathon Training covering Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced in eBook format. Each programme includes:
Warm Up Exercises
Running Drills
Core Strengthening Exercises
Stretches
Week by week programmes for 12 weeks
Training programmes for Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced
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