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Striders Marathon Training

Performance-based training
for the serious marathoner

Daily training schedules plus
group speed and distance workouts Tuesday/Thursday/Weekends
On the West Side and at Memorial Park

Bare Bones - No T Shirt!

Free! But, you must be a member of both the
Houston Striders and HARRA (and race for the Striders, of course)

This program is intended for highly motivated Striders who want to train for and run their best marathon. You will need to have been running seriously for at least a year, be an experienced racer, have reasonable expectations for a sub 5 hour marathon, and be willing and able to follow a training schedule with six days of running per week.

The SMART Program utilizes best published workouts and training principles of , according to Runner's World, the world's best running coach, Jack Daniels. All races from the Houston Marathon Warmup Series are fully integrated into the training schedule.

The SMART Program is led by a team of veteran Strider runners with experience as participants in performance-based marathon training programs.

To prepare for the SMART Program you will want to build up to and maintain a schedule of 30-40 miles per week for June and July.

The SMART Program is challenging and a lot of work, but it is a blast!

A CHANGE FOR 08 - SMART Lite! Our SMART Lite Program is a dedicated half marathon training program. Here you will still see workouts from Jack Daniels along with weekend long runs. The first 5 weeks of the SMART lite program is designed to assist runners in building weekly mileage. The last 18 weeks are dedicated towards running your best half ever!

All SMART and SMART lite workouts will be held at the same locations at the same time. However, as the season progresses the workouts will become quite different in the various programs.