skinnycaponesugar
Love, Run, Sleep
Professional Noob
Roads were made for journeys...
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Thank you so much for your post...comments to follow, there is so much in it that I have to print out and read it
Nice avitar, by the way.
Do you have a 5K race picked out? I missed that if you did. If not, definitely find one and run it to celebrate your hard work and your "graduation!"
take stock of your time and motivation - are you willing or interested to be someone who runs 3 hours per week? Four? What's comfortable to you? In your ideal world, how much would you want to be running? Then, once you get your dream worked out, you can slowly start to increase bit by bit until you reach that goal.
You can probably complete an 8K doing very little more than you are doing now... but it'd likely hurt a bit since that's an additional 3K. *breaks out calculator* 8K is to 5K as X is to 10... *smoke comes out of calculator* Ah! Looks like you might want to consider working up to about 16 miles ... erm... *pulls smoking calculator back out* 25-26 kilometers per week to be comfortable with the distance.
As for Higdon's plans, I like them. Other people don't. It's a personal preference thing. He uses the ideas of gradually increasing distance, including a longer run each week, and tucking in plenty of cross-training in his plans. I used a greatly modified verson of his to train for my first half-marathon. I'm a big fan of taking plans and tweaking them to your individual preferences and needs.
Just remember that it's YOUR plan that you're working with, not his. So it needs to fit YOUR life, YOUR body, and YOUR background. I've got so much more to say (gads, I love to talk!) but I think I'll stop for now. This post is plenty long as it is... Good luck!
I finished the programme yesterday, can you believe it? I' m very pleased
I didn't even think of running a graduation 5k, but lucky me, the rotarians have their yearly fun run on the 16th of March, so I'll be doing it. Gotta register first and then I'll put it on my signature!
I would like to run almost every day, today I'm resting after both running and softball yesterday and I felt I could have gone out for a run. Realistically, I'd like to run 4 times a week, the duration probably depends on how far I can go really, I'll apply the <10% rule!="" wait,="" how="" did="" you="" calculate="" the="" distance="" i'd="" need?="" let="" me="" pull="" out="" my="" spreadsheet,="" i've="" gotta="" learn="" this...=""></10%>
The cross training is what worries me a bit. I don't really swim, or ride my bike much, softball season is about to end (we're playing semifinals next Saturday). I could do yoga, but I'm limited to the 4 days a week for the moment.
You're so right! and thank you for clarifying that for me, it is MY plan and has to suit ME. Definitely an aha! moment
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