David Cook passed through Santa Rosa on Oct. 20. That happened to be exactly five months from the day of the Los Angeles Marathon, a race that Cook intends to run to benefit charity.
During his visit we promised to give Mr. Cook, who has never completed a marathon and in fact has only run as far as 12 miles, a game plan for his undertaking. To that promise we turned to Rosa’s own Julia Stamps Mallon, our premiere distance runner who has completed the L.A. Marathon.
Following is her outline of a training regiman for Mr. Cook and just about anyone else who thinks they might want to go that 26-plus-mile distance.
Good luck, David!
3 days a week running
Dec 5th – 4 miles, 4 miles, 4 miles.
Dec 12 – 4 miles, 5 miles, 5 miles
Dec 19 – 5 miles, 5 miles, 5 miles
Dec 26th – 5 miles, 5 miles, 6 miles
Jan 2th – 5 miles, 5 miles, 8 miles
Jan 9 – 5 miles, 5 miles, 13 miles
Jan 16- 4 miles, 4 miles, 12 miles
Jan 23 – 5 miles, 5 miles, 14 miles
Jan 30 – 5 miles, 5 miles, 12 miles
Feb 6th – 4 miles, 4 miles, 18 miles
Feb 13th , 4 miles, 4 miles, 12 miles
Feb 20th – 5 miles, 5 miles, 14 miles
Feb 27th – 4 miles, 4 miles, 10 miles
March 5th – 4 miles, 4 miles, 8 miles
March 12th – 2miles, 2 miles, Race