Up until today, I've been very week-by-week or "eh, what do I feel like today" with my training. I figured with a few LARGE events this year, I should put a bit more effort into scheduling things out. I'm posting it here to see what you guys think. I've never ran according to a set schedule, so I'd appreciate any thoughts or suggestions you might have. THANKS!!
Given my upcoming races, I need to be prepared for around 18 miles of running by June 11th (the NERelay - post HERE and info HERE) and a half Ironman by July 10th (Providence 70.3 Ironman - info HERE). The 70.3 Ironman is my A priority race this year. The NERelay will probably be much more 'in the moment' fun since I'll have a team of 11 other people with me, but my essential goal there is to finish without ruining myself for Providence.
So... I sat down today and after looking through many various training schedules, typed up this schedule based strongly on Hal Higdon's Novice 1 marathon training schedule HERE.
What do you think? Does that seem reasonable for a running schedule? (Can you ignore the fact that I'll be swimming and biking on a separate parallel schedule? That won't overwork me, right? haha). I know the issues of swim and cycle training on top of this are going to start to question the "rest" sections. Monday will be a full rest day. Friday will be an easy swim or bike day.
Questions
1. Do you exercise based on a long-term, a weekly, or a spur of the moment schedule?2. Why do you work on the type of schedule you have?
I always worked on spur of the moment & weekly schedules because my personal/work schedule changed all the time; I had to be flexible. This time around, I'm going to require the rest of my life work around my training schedule.
Stay fit. Stay healthy.
