We’ve completed the first iteration of the FAQs page for the Run SMART Training Plans. It’s still a work in progress but you can now read our answers to the following questions:
- Are Run SMART Training Plans for first-time runners?
- How does the sign-up process work?
- When will I receive a schedule after I sign-up?
- Can I sign-up if I’m in Canada or the UK?
- What do the session letters mean?
- Why are the “quality sessions” so important?
- What are strides?
- Can I follow a training plan if I’m running on a treadmill?
- Say I have to miss a day of running during the week. In general, which days are more OK to miss than others?
- What should I do if I get sick or miss a block of training?
- Why is it so important to do easy runs at the recommended pace? That seems too slow for my marathon goal.
- How do I know how what my pace is or how do I keep track of pace?
- What happens if I don’t hit my pace perfectly? For instance, it seems hard to do a mile precisely at 8:44 per mile, especially if I’m a beginner and haven’t had much experience with pacing.
- Is it a bad thing on the easy days if I can’t complete the full mileage?
- How does cross training factor into this schedule?
- What should my “base” be in advance of starting this schedule? (or is this factored in to the type of schedule you, as a coach, provides me?)
If you have a question that is not addressed in the FAQs please send it to coach@runsmartproject.com.