I told myself to wait until Sunday to run again, impatiently I've been waiting until Sunday and it's finally here. After running 3 on Thurs, plus the weights and therapy, I could hardly move my legs and all felt heavy, must not be fully recovered from the 26.2. Friday I felt worse, so I decided to take a breather until Sunday.
Just put together a new 12 week training plan to get me to June 18th's marathon day! So funny how such a dumb thing as a training plan can get me all geeked out to run, but it really does. This 12 week plan has me running marathon pace runs, tempo runs with strides, downhill strides, anaerobic threshold runs, track workouts, and strength endurance runs! It's a little more intense from what I'm used to, but I'm fully ready for it--bring it on!
April 9 is the Tar Heel 10 Miler race which includes a one mile long uphill climb. I'll attempt a few practice runs this week up that hill, but don't have enough time to really get good at it.
May 22 is a mini Tri, so I'll need to get to the pool this week as well (dread!!). It also means I'll need to hop on my bike and PERHAPS take it off the trainer and hit the road???!! Scary. Wondering if I should invest in biking shoes that actually fit me since the ones I have are from a friend and they look like bananas on my feet. :)
This week's plan:
M--off---650m swim
T--recovery run 3 mi
W--Medium long (hilly) run 8 miles
Th--recovery run 4 miles--650m swim
F--6.2 mile run + 4x100 strides at a 7:30 pace
Sa--off-
Su--long aerobic run 13.5 mi
2 comments:
I need to see the full 12 weeks...post it or send it to me and I'll help where I can. Also, if you're going to get serious about the triathlons, we will need to revamp the bike and pool workouts to have the same intensity that you carry on the runs. 650m swim is pointless if there isn't things you aren't working on technique-wise. It's always better to do intervals in the water. You know you can swim the distance required so make yourself a more efficient swimmer focusing of different things each training session. The goal is to get faster of course, but better yet, more efficient to conserve energy so you can finish with a sub 22 min 5K.
Ahhh, sure, makes perfect sense--what??
I have no idea if I'm efficient in water, since I swim so that I don't drown, I'm guessing I'm not efficient. :)
I'll try to figure out what an interval in the water is, and then I'll try it. Swimming after my run tomorrow (Tues) so I'll see what happens.
Oh how I'd love a sub 22 5K though...
After this mini tri, I'll re-evaluate how I feel about them. It seems like there's so much involved...I think I like the simplicity of running--just put on your shoes and go. Simple as that. But I'm willing to give it a try/tri. :)
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