Good Morning.
Week 1 of the Higdon plan complete. I’m incredibly glad I did a 3 week build up before
beginning this training plan. My 2012 was
so full of injuries, there is no way I would have had the residual fitness to
have done a 24 mile week, however, I managed it and it was fairly easy. The Dryathlon (no alcohol) for January is
certainly helping too. So, week 2 is not
that much different. We go up to 25
miles by increasing the long run distance.
The Pace run on Saturday becomes an ordinary run, however, I’m quite
tempted to go and do a Parkrun on Saturday, and perhaps follow it with a couple
of easy miles to loosen up and make the distance. I’m now on the volunteer committee trying to
get a Parkrun started in Colchester, so I want to see how an event runs.
Week 2 looks like this:
Monday: Cross Train
Tuesday: 3 miles easy
Wednesday: 5 mile run
Thursday: 3 miles easy
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 5 mile run (might switch for a 5k Parkrun plus 2
miles easy – (warm up and cool down)
Sunday: 9 mile run
Given the build up I had before, this seems to me more like
a consolidation week, so I will focus on staying healthy- eating well, getting
enough sleep, staying warm enough on the run with the snow so that I can step
it up in the coming weeks. Looking over
the plan, the future weekly mileage scares me in places – up to 44 miles
sometimes. I may modify those weeks- I
don’t see the benefit of extra miles on those easy days (Tues/Thurs), but we’ll
see how I feel.
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