For me, 8m general aerobic with strides on Saturday, and 12m medium LR on Sunday today.

 

Got an e-mail confirming entry into NYC Half on March 17th. Would like to make this a bit of an objective, and would seek some advice:

- my Training  plan up to now was to start a Pfitz 18/55 on december 31st, takimg me through to the NJ Narathon on May 5th.

- NYC Half falls on week 11 of the program

- in order to race this HM in good conditions and not jeopardize ny full marathon, I am thinking of doing the following:

 

1. make the 18/55 a 20/55, which means I started already on December 17th, and the HM moves from week 11 of 18 to week 13 of 20

2. stick to the 18/55 plan (now 20/55) with the exception of week 13 and week 14 which I will use for HM taper and HM recovery

 

Does that sound reasonable? Can I run the HM all out without jeopardizing the Marathon by doing things this way?

Do the 20/ 55 but do not taper for the HM. The recovery for the HM should be about a 35 mile week. If, I remember correctly the Pfitz taper for the marathon is 3 weeks. I needed the 3 week taper. Keep your  easy runs easy. 1:30 -2:00  minutes over marathon pace. I tweaked Pfitz 18/55 to BQ.