Garmin Training Plan ~Update

Germin Training Plan

I have planter fasciitis since late last year.  It is getting better and I plan to resume daily training.  So that I visited Garmin Training Plan page again.

One of mistake for recovery from stress fracture on my left leg was I picked full marathon plan.  Even it was "level 1", it was probably too much right after injury.  This time, I was considering to pick 10km or half marathon plan.

However, the page has some new plan in "other" category.  In the category, there are some plans "Getting started".   I just looked into the contents and it might be a good one for the recovery or beginner who just started running.

For recovery / beginner

I would think that people who is on the way to recovery or beginner may start with 3 times a week.  Also it better to increase the training time or total distance slowly.  For the point of view, it could be better to pick 5km / 10km or getting started.

In early stage menu is starting walking, it is good to slowly start. 

The other thing people might want to check is contents in the last a few weeks.  That indicates the goal of the plan, therefore it is good to check them.  Just contents of the time / distance and etc.

I realized this is very important to avoid injury due to over trained.   Having just a day for resting help to recovery the body.


I think overall the Garmin plan is getting improved.  Only thing they did not describe clearly who would the target people.   Other than that, the coverage for the most of regular runners  is good.

I may start a "level 1" 10km or half marathon plan to catch up!