{"id":1229,"date":"2009-10-23T19:50:58","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T19:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2010-01-04T18:33:02","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T18:33:02","slug":"running-a-year-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/23\/running-a-year-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Running A Year Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I have this horrible habit of planning too far ahead.\u00a0 I know, sounds great, right?\u00a0 Well, I&#8217;ve already got my half training plan semi-set for the half on Valentines day, I&#8217;m just letting the changes I made roll around in my brain to see if they make sense.\u00a0 Now, I&#8217;m starting to work on a full marathon training program targeting a marathon in October 2010.\u00a0 Oddly enough, I was not excited for either really until I started looking up training programs and putting schedules into excel.\u00a0 Now, I just want it to be TRAINING TIME!!!\u00a0 I would like to pose some quandries out there to people who are either in training or who have done the whole 9 yards (or even half of it&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/pw0nd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/wrong2-500x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Half marathon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I&#8217;m considering a longer taper.<\/strong> Last time, I ran hard up until 6 days before the race (did my 12 mile Sunday).\u00a0 Then I did easy runs Mon\/Thurs, a pretty hard tempo Tues, and raced Saturday.\u00a0 A two week taper scares the crap out of me (last long run 2 weeks before the race), but I think one of my failings last time is I didn&#8217;t feel that well rested and this might help.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I am going to cut the time on my cross training.<\/strong> I did it because it was in my plan, but I see NO need to do 60 mins of cross training late in the game when I&#8217;m already running 25 miles and trying to cram in weights and yoga.\u00a0 Instead of ascending with the run times, it&#8217;s going to be 30 mins per week.\u00a0 Period.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Long runs on random days.<\/strong> Due to scheduling conflicts, the first 1\/3 of my long runs will be Fridays, the second 1\/3 will be Saturdays, and the last 1\/3 will be Sundays so I get used to running Sunday.\u00a0 Will that totally throw me off?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anyone have awesome speedwork suggestions?<\/strong> I&#8217;m not trying to qualify for the olympics or anything, but I&#8217;d like to beat my 2:16.\u00a0 Currently the plan is alternating 400 repeats w\/400 jog (6 working up to 10 @ 8 min mile pace) and tempo runs (from 25-40 mins @ 8-9 minute mile pace).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do I *really* need to run hills?<\/strong> I know the answer to that but&#8230; hate, hate, hate.\u00a0 How would I work them into a training program?\u00a0 Replace a speed workout every few weeks or replace an easy run every few weeks or&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>I&#8217;ll be training through the winter and will attempt to not be a wuss and run outside every day.<\/strong> However, I&#8217;ll venture due to inclement weather I&#8217;ll need to hit the &#8216;mill occasionally.\u00a0 I&#8217;m making the rule that at least 2 out of the 4 runs per week need to be outside.\u00a0 Thoughts?\u00a0 Since my feet are pretty road hardy already does it matter, or should I attempt to make every run outside unless its stupid stupid cold and raining\/snowing?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nycbridgerunners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stewie-marathon-costume.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marathon Training.\u00a0 Hooboy, lots of unknowns here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Do you really, really have to drink aide in training during long runs?<\/strong> I prefer water and fueling with sport beans every 45-60 mins or so.\u00a0 I like to train with water and then save aide for the race if I need extra oomph (I took aide at the last station during my half and it perked me up).\u00a0 However, a lot of places out there swear you can&#8217;t get through the long 15+ mile runs without it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I&#8217;m considering the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runnersworld.com\/article\/0,7120,s6-238-244-255-8257-0,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">less-is-more 3 days per week<\/a> training program. <\/strong>Anyone ever tried it?\u00a0 Basically, you skip all the pure mileage runs and run a tempo, a speedwork, and a long run per week.\u00a0 Then, you cross train the other 2 days per week for 40-45 mins.\u00a0 It makes sense to me.\u00a0 You run good quality and focused runs (and faster than easy pace) but less often.\u00a0 Am I committing long distance running suicide trying to do this for my first race and should stick with a more traditional plan?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Training time.<\/strong> There are some 3 month plans, some 4 month plans, and some even go to 6 months.\u00a0 The current plan I think is coming off the half marathon, rest a month, for the next 3 months make sure I do one long run (10 miles or more) at least every other week.\u00a0 Then, in mid-June (4 months out), I start formal training.\u00a0 Woohoo.\u00a0 Heat training all summer.\u00a0 Oh boy.\u00a0 I will be FLYING at that race when it&#8217;s a nice cool 60-70 degrees with an ocean breeze.\u00a0 Or &#8211; should I start sooner since it&#8217;s my first?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Max miles on long runs?<\/strong> Some programs have you only going up to 20 (which seems ridiculous to me), some have you going to 22-24 (which seems more reasonable), and some have you running 30 a few weeks before.\u00a0 It seemed good to train up and peak your miles on race day, but I&#8217;m not sure I want to add SIX miles on.\u00a0 Two, sure.\u00a0 It makes more sense to my logic circuits to run the whole distance or even a little further in preparation, but since I am NOT a robot, I don&#8217;t want to push myself too hard.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How hard is it? <\/strong> I mean, really.\u00a0 Talk me out of this nonsense.\u00a0 Training up from 6 miles to 13.1 was hard &#8211; but doable.\u00a0 Most of the long runs were enjoyable.\u00a0 That was 2 hours.\u00a0 How different does it feel running for 4 hours?\u00a0 13.1 miles was really not all that much harder than shorter distances as long as I made sure I kept my pace in check (with proper training).\u00a0 Is there some magic that happens between 13.1 and 26.2 that makes it a whole different world?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speed workouts? <\/strong> Some sites suggest them, some sites say don&#8217;t bother.\u00a0 Some interesting workouts I saw: progression runs (most of the long runs easy &#8211; then the last 40 mins pick up the pace to finish at race pace), 10&#215;100 pickups after a run (just to not forget how to go fast), 2&#215;6 mile tempos 5 seconds faster than race pace with 10 min recovery jog between, 10 x 800 meters in the same minutes and seconds you want to finish your marathon in hours and minutes (if you want to finish in 4 hours you should run them in 4 minutes),\u00a0 and 6 x 1 mile at 10k race pace.\u00a0 It seems like most of the sites that suggest speed works say to mix them up.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m targeting Long Beach for a marathon because it&#8217;s pretty and temperate there is a 7 mile stretch along the beach and it makes for the start of a nice vacation.\u00a0 However, there is a much closer one I can get to that would be a short drive, not a flight.\u00a0 Who wants to talk me out of doing my first marathon 2000 miles away from home?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyone out there have other suggestions for me now that I&#8217;m starting to put together THE PLAN?\u00a0 What helped you in your training?\u00a0 What&#8217;s your best race story?\u00a0 What&#8217;s your favorite race distance?\u00a0 Should I just sit on the couch and eat popcorn instead?<\/p>\n<p>Now, to run headlong into my weekend.\u00a0 See ya next week, and I&#8217;ll let you know how Miss Jillian and her shredding are working out for me&#8230;<\/p>\n<div data-counters='1' data-style='square' data-size='regular' data-url='https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/23\/running-a-year-ahead\/' data-title='Running A Year Ahead' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_3'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='googleplus' class='linksalpha_icon_googleplus'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div><div data-position='' data-url='https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/23\/running-a-year-ahead\/' data-title='Running A Year Ahead' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_7'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='googleplus' class='linksalpha_icon_googleplus'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/23\/running-a-year-ahead\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\" show-faces='false' width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I have this horrible habit of planning too far ahead.\u00a0 I know, sounds great, right?\u00a0 Well, I&#8217;ve already got my half training plan semi-set for the half on Valentines day, I&#8217;m just letting the changes I made roll around in my brain to see if they make sense.\u00a0 Now, I&#8217;m starting to work on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[76,39,33,29],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUhDu-jP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1369,"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions\/1369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}