Today’s Workout: 25 minutes weights, 8 treadmill miles, 62 minutes
I realize I am a complete and utter hypocrite. Yesterday there were talks on this here blog of ‘taking a break’ and today I am planning out my St. George Marathon training. Ahem…..addiction? Yes indeed. But humor me if you will. As I look at my calendar I realize that St. George Marathon is only 3 short months away. How did that happen? With that acknowledgement it became time for me to quickly devise a 14 week training plan.
Vague Goals:
1. Lose 5-7lbs. Hate this goal but the harsh reality is that it needs to happen. We all know that body weight affects running performance, and the “leaner” you are the faster you run. Stupid, stupid, stupid!
2. Peak at 65+ mile weeks. I have no idea how I am going to achieve that and that therefore is why I am calling these goals vague.
3. Hit the hills once a week. Again the first step in reaching goals is making them right? This one will be a dozy for me.
4. Make easy days EASY. This may actually be the toughest for me because I have a hard time not wanting to push myself all the time. I know though that this is important.
5. Train for a 3:20 finishing time. 7:38 pace for 26.2 freaking miles. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Total Mileage | |
| Week 1 Jun 26-July 2nd | Rest or easy jog | 8 miles tempo | x train &/or Easy run | Speed work 5 miles + 2 mi cool down | Easy run 8 miles | Hill Workout 7 miles | LR 12 miles | 44 |
| Week 2 July 3rd-9th | Rest or easy jog | 10 miles tempo | x train &/or Easy run | Speed work 5 miles + 2 mi cool down | Easy Run 8-10 miles | Easy run 7-8 miles | Lavendar Days 5k + 5 miles easy | 47 |
| Week 3 July 10th-16th | Rest or easy jog | 10 miles tempo | x train &/or Easy run | Speed Work 6 miles + 2 mi cool down | Easy Run 10 miles | Hill workout 8 miles | LR 13-14 miles, vaca with fam | 56 |
| Week 4 July 17th-23rd | Rest or easy jog | 11 miles tempo | x train & 6 mile easy run | Speed Work 6 miles + 3 mi cool down | Easy run 10 miles | Hill Workout 8 miles | LR 15 miles | 61 |
| Week 5 July 24th-30th | Rest or easy jog | 11 miles tempo | x train & 6 mile easy run | 8 easy miles or x train | Easy 6 miles | Easy 4 miles | Timp Half Marathon | 50 |
| Week 6 Jul 1-Aug 6th | Rest or easy jog | 12 miles tempo | x train & 6 mile easy run | Speed Work 6 miles + 3 mi cool down | Easy Run 10 miles | Hill Workout 8 miles | LR 16 miles | 63 |
| Week 7 Aug 7-13th | Rest or easy jog | 12 miles tempo | x train & 6 mile easy run | Speed Work 6 miles + 3 mi cool down | Easy Run 10 miles | Hill Workout 7 miles | Dash for Donation 5k + 5-6 easy miles | 55 |
| Week 8 Aug 14th- 20th | Rest or easy jog | 12 miles tempo | x train & 6 mile easy run | Speed Work 6 miles + 3 mi cool down | Easy Run 10 miles | Hill Workout 8 miles | LR 18 miles | 65 |
| Week 9 Aug 21-27th | Rest or easy jog | 12 miles tempo | x train & 6 mile easy run | Speed Work 6 miles + 2 mi cool down | Easy Run 10 miles | Hill Workout 6 miles | LR 20 miles | 65 |
| Week 10 Aug 28th- Sept 3rd | Rest or easy jog | 12 miles tempo | x train & 6 mile easy run | Speed Work 6 miles + 2 mi cool down | Easy Run 10 miles | Hill Workout 6 miles | LR 22 miles | 67 |
| Week 11 Sept 4th-10th | Rest or easy jog | Onion Days 10k | x train & 6 mile easy run | 8 easy miles or x train | Easy run 8 miles | Easy run 6 miles | Nebo Half Marathon | 47 |
| Week 12 Sept 11th- 17th | Rest or easy jog | 8 miles tempo | 6 easy miles | 4 miles tempo | easy run 6 miles | Easy run 6 miles | LR 10 miles | 42 |
| Week 13 Sept 18-24th | Rest or easy jog | 5 miles tempo | 4 easy miles | 3 tempo miles | 4 easy miles | Napa Valley Ragnar Relay | Napa Valley Ragnar Relay | 35 |
| Week 14 Sept 25th – Oct 1 | Rest or easy jog | 4 miles tempo | 3 easy miles | 3 easy miles | rest | 2 easy miles | St. George Marathon | 38 |
So there you have it. I have a plan. I will not follow it perfectly and I will tweak it as I go but it sure does feel good to at least have an outline and have something in writing. The less thinking my peanut sized brain needs to do each morning the better. 🙂
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Any Questions about my silly little training plan?
I will try to detail each day for you throughout the week and explain my tempo, speed, and hill days. (once I figure them out for myself first. 🙂 I also may split some of the workouts into 2 a days since I have a hard time running more than 8 miles before work and I do not want to sacrifice my weight routine.