Table 1.
Training protocol of children who trained to walk the Boston Marathon.
Week
Miles/Week
4 Days/Week
†
(miles.day
-1
)
5 Days/Week
†
(miles.day
-1
)
1 to 2
10
2.5
2
3 to 4
12
3
2.4
5 to 7
16
4
3.2
8
17
4.3
3.4
9
22
5.5
4.4
10 to 11
27
6.8
5.4
12
19
*
4.8
3.8
† Days/week trained was weather dependent* Tapered in training the week before the Boston Marathon
