Need HM advice. (Read 464 times)

Up until the end of April, I was on a steady ramp to prepare for HM on 6/22. I've been travelling over the last month and now I'm not sure of my fitness level or what I should do for training for the next month (or even if I should run it.) Take a look at the log for training I've done recently. I'm finally back home, so can refocus on my training plan, but I've had to modify it slightly ro accomodate the reduced miles that I've put in over the last month. Scheduled training for the next month: Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun x x x x 5 10 bike 2 5 4 5 0 12 bike 2 6 4 6 0 14 bike 4 5 6 5 0 8 bike 4 3 7 2 0 Race (all runs at easy or long pace, the bicycle cross training is for 1 hour in duration) Any comments? Am I risking injury doing the 10, 12, and 14 mi long runs, since my last long run was 9.5 miles and a month ago? Up until last month, I was at a fitness level that would put me at <2:00:00 hm. i would want to keep that as my goal. hm.="" i="" would="" want="" to="" keep="" that="" as="" my=""></2:00:00 hm. i would want to keep that as my goal.>

so like this m t w th F s Su 6 4 X X 5 8 x = 23 --- this is what you did/will do this week... I think 8 would be better 3 6 3 0 3 10 x = 25 3 6 3 0 3 12 0 = 27 0 3 8 0 3 14 X = 28 3 6 3 0 0 1-2 RACE = 26 I think my plan is a bit ambitious for you... but if you need to rest a bit you can drop one of the 3's and get 2 days rest to recover by dropping the wed run... at the very least we have a point to start the discussion...

Thanks for looking!!! I'm in the process of transitioning between a "Higdon like" HM plan to a marathon plan that fits my schedule better. The training program I've been on has two "longish" runs on Tuesday and Thursday and the long run on Saturday. As you can see from my plan, I've been trying to move this to one longer run on Wed and the long run on Saturday. The transition completes on the week that I run my race (it continues past this point in my training as well). One of the things I have been cautioned in the past is that Higdon plans do not have sufficient weekday miles to support the long runs on the weekend. It appears that the plan you make does the same, having almost half of the miles of the week in the long run. To be honest, I don't know why it is bad to do this, I've just heard it's bad (If you know differently, please educate me!) I fear that "my plan is a bit ambitious for you" means "You run the risk of getting injured". I have not had any problems completing any runs up to this point. I have been very conservative about my increases in mileage. I think I need to bump it up, though, in order to make my goal. Of course no one can say whether I will get injured or not. I just wanted to know if it's something I should be concerned about.

As long as you are building miles gradually and keeping the pace easy, you'll do fine. Perhaps run long on a loop so that if things fall apart you have an out. I ran a HM on <25mpw with regular long runs only up to 10 miles and the occasional 13 miler. did just fine. adding more miles helped a lot in the subsequent hm. i last followed a modified version of the hm training plan from coolrunning.com. i generally take a couple of plans and merge them to fit my schedule and fitness level/abilities. with="" regular="" long="" runs="" only="" up="" to="" 10="" miles="" and="" the="" occasional="" 13="" miler.="" did="" just="" fine.="" adding="" more="" miles="" helped="" a="" lot="" in="" the="" subsequent="" hm.="" i="" last="" followed="" a="" modified="" version="" of="" the="" hm="" training="" plan="" from="" coolrunning.com.="" i="" generally="" take="" a="" couple="" of="" plans="" and="" merge="" them="" to="" fit="" my="" schedule="" and="" fitness="" level/abilities.=""></25mpw with regular long runs only up to 10 miles and the occasional 13 miler. did just fine. adding more miles helped a lot in the subsequent hm. i last followed a modified version of the hm training plan from coolrunning.com. i generally take a couple of plans and merge them to fit my schedule and fitness level/abilities. >