Well, guys, I have some news... I originally signed up to run the Avenue of the Giants Half Marathon on May 2nd, but there has been a change of plans. I will still be doing that race, but officially switched my fundraising event so that now I will be running the FULL San Diego Marathon June 6th. Oh, yes, I figured that if I was going to do this, I might as well go all the way!
With that in mind, I looked at what I was doing halfway through my training for the Silicon Valley Marathon last year and compared it to where I am now. I was really shocked by how “behind” I seem to be in my mileage! It's time to take things up a notch and start doing some serious training.
One of my Team in Training buddies helped me come up with a new running schedule--and suggested I get rid of cross-training all together. Here’s what it looks like now:
Monday: tempo run (1-mile warmup at 8:30-ish, 3-miles sub-8:00, 1-mile cooldown at 8:30-ish)
Tuesday: buddy run, 6 miles at comfortable pace
Wednesday: 6 miles, however I feel like running it as long as I do the distance (add fartleks? sounds dirty, but it's actually Swedish for "speed play")
Thursday: track—-aggressive VO2 max workout (or 22 mins in tempo pace)
Friday: rest/yoga (must force myself to do more yoga!)
Sat: long run starting at 10-miles and increasing one mile a week, capping at 16 miles
Sun: easy 5 miles or weight training
My goal was originally to do a half marathon, and then do a full marathon in the fall and try to qualify for Boston. Now, I’m thinking of just doing the full San Diego—not aiming to go sub 3:40, but at least just beating my PR of 3:59:02 (I think it’s a little late in the game and I’m not fit/fast enough to try to qualify—plus, San Diego isn’t exactly flat).
We shall see...!
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