I'm in a marathon state of mind, which also means I'm in a New York State of mind because I'm running the NYC marathon and Billy Joel is now stuck in my head which I suppose is better than Soft Kitty. I'm a complicated person.
Last night I did 4 miles, which I will admit was actually a walk, not a run. But miles are miles and I wasn't guzzling wine on my ass watching TV, so I will count that as training.
When I trained for the NYCM in 2012 (which as most of you know, was cancelled), I was part of a local team and therefore, had all of my planning done for me. I didn't have to think about when I should increase mileage or what I should do on what weeks. All I had to do was show up and run. And most of the time, I showed up. At least for the long runs. I did the weekday runs on my own. Mostly. Okay, about half of the time.
I decided on a 20 week plan rather than the usual 16 week plan because I wanted a little more cushion and I have 7 months to train. So that leaves me with about 11 weeks until marathon training starts to work on my base and losing a little bit of poundage. I'm not 100% sold on this particular program because I have plenty of time to make my plan final, but I like it. I like that some weeks have a shorter long run before adding to your mileage the next week.
Currently, I'm still in the making-charts-and-downloading-pictures-and-envisioning-my-medal-rather-than-training phase of marathon training. Plus, the weather is gorgeous here in Phoenix so it's easier to be gung ho. Let's see how I feel when marathon training actually starts on June 15th.
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The only thing that is scary about that plan is that it goes from 18 miles to 20 the next week if I'm reading it correctly. I'd throw a recovery week in between and cut it down to ten or twelve miles. A longer schedule seems preferable, just because life happens. If you have something unexpected that throws off a run or two, having extra time makes it feel less problematic. You're making me want to look for a full to do!
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing when I read that plan, too. Seemed like A LOT for the very end of training. Wanna do NYCM? You can hang out with us. ;)
DeleteI will either be at mile 16 again this year handing out water or *fingerscrossed* handing out medals :)
ReplyDeleteCool! I will have to look for you!
DeleteMy favorite part of any training plan is the making of charts and calendars!! Yay!! So excited for you.
ReplyDeleteThe planning is definitely the best part. The running? Not so much. Lol
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