The Training Plan
Yesterday, I scoured the internet during my lunchtime searching for the appropriate way to train for this new goal. I think I landed on the right mix. Hal Higdon, one of the marathoning gods, has a 12-week spring training plan and and 18-week marathon training plan, all set to run Chicago, it is in essence his Personal Best training plan. Well, Chicago happens to be one week before Nike Women's Marathon. PERFECT!
My first week of the 12-week spring plan was last week. I may tweak the spring plan here and there to better suit my life, stretching the longer weekend runs a little past the 8 mi or so, but I will adopt it for me. The idea is to build a strong base of easily running 10-12 mi every weekend before embarking on the marathon training.
I feel better about this undertaking. I have a plan. All a girl needs is a plan, right? I can implement a plan. I can work with a plan. I can look at it and see if I am meeting, exceeding, or falling short of The Plan.
Distance: 4 mi - 0.5 mi warmup / 3 mi tempo (at increasing speeds every mile from 7.1 mph to 7.3 mph) / 0.5 mi cooldown
Location: treadmill
Time: 33:20
Best song: Pump It - Black Eyed Peas (how cliche!)
Nathan came into the workout room while I still had 1.5 mi to run. He had already showered, brushed his teeth and was playing his Nintendo DS.
My first week of the 12-week spring plan was last week. I may tweak the spring plan here and there to better suit my life, stretching the longer weekend runs a little past the 8 mi or so, but I will adopt it for me. The idea is to build a strong base of easily running 10-12 mi every weekend before embarking on the marathon training.
I feel better about this undertaking. I have a plan. All a girl needs is a plan, right? I can implement a plan. I can work with a plan. I can look at it and see if I am meeting, exceeding, or falling short of The Plan.
Distance: 4 mi - 0.5 mi warmup / 3 mi tempo (at increasing speeds every mile from 7.1 mph to 7.3 mph) / 0.5 mi cooldown
Location: treadmill
Time: 33:20
Best song: Pump It - Black Eyed Peas (how cliche!)
Nathan came into the workout room while I still had 1.5 mi to run. He had already showered, brushed his teeth and was playing his Nintendo DS.
Labels: running
2 Comments:
A plan makes things so much beter. I know it will help you get focused and start feeling motivated. I'm glad you found one that you can just implement and 'run with it'......
Sounds like a good plan!
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