
This ensures a balance of build up and recovery time. The plan has a four week cycle: In the first three weeks the volume and long run distance increase by 10% each week. It assumes people following it have a strong endurance base. Available for download on Training Peaks, it’s designed for runners who are already averaging between 32 and 40 km per week and can comfortably run a 12 to 16 km long run each week. Ready to train? Let coach Denise guide you!ĭenise has created a 20 week trail marathon training plan for beginners. I have helped my clients run their first mile, all the way to helping some of them run a 100 mile ultra.” Click here to access Denise’s 20 week trail marathon training plan! I coach runners of all abilities, ages and race goals. “I have a lot of practice on what to do and what not to do with training and on race day. “I loved coaching so much that in 2016 I left my 26-year career to become a full-time running coach,” she says. To give back to the sport she loves dearly, she transitioned to coaching. A car struck her, breaking five of her vertebrae, and temporarily ending her running career. She was running to Central Park to race in the New York Half Marathon, but never made it to the start line. She continued advancing as a marathoner until August 2009. She is one of our Suunto multisport team coaches and has designed this plan for trail runners.ĭenise began running as a child and ran her first marathon in 1994. She should do after running more than 112 marathons in locations across all seven continents. Nicknamed the “marathon whisperer” Denise Sauriol knows the distance inside out.


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