i hopped right out of bed this morning with zero discomfort anywhere on my person.
can i get a high-five?!
i am chomping at the bits to lace up my running shoes and hit the road.
anyway, i finished reworking my training plan, but before i dive into the nitty gritty details i want to show you the original plan. it’s hal higdon’s half-marathon novice 2 training plan.
i’m officially half way through training.
that feels awesome.
and scary.
i’m not ready yet! ::snort::
here’s the revised version:
Reworked Half Marathon Training Plan
i completely cut out a day of running from the schedule. i feel strongly that my body needs a day to recover between runs. i can’t handle running monday, tuesday and wednesday back to back.
i went ahead and bumped up the mileage on monday and wednesday. i’ll have a lower weekly mile average with the new schedule, even with the bumped up mileage, but i’m okay with that.
with the cut out running day, i’m adding in another cross training day. i’ll have one day on the bike and one day in the pool. on my bike days, i’ll also be doing lower body strength training.
exercises for my core will be scattered throughout the week.
i plan on icing, stretching and resting after each run as much as possible.
for the long run this week, i’m going back to the 8-miler.
then, i’ll build up from there. as a result, the 10K race day got cut.
that’s how my training looks for now. i may be tweaking it some more. i’m not entirely sure.
p. s. kent weakley‘s comment on the virtual run was in comment jail for some reason. i just saw it this morning. he made this awesome video while he was running. seriously?! y’all would not want me to video myself running. ::snort:: that guy is so savvy! also, how awesome are his shoes?!
