Training Schedule

Since I began pre-training for a 1/2 marathon last week I thought I would post my training plan. That way there is something to refer to when I write about the miles.

Pre-Training goes from January 13th - February 9th with 3 runs a week:

Week 1: 2/2/3 Total=7
Week 2: 3/2/4 Total=8
Week 3: 4/4/5 Total=13
Week 4: 4/3/5 Total=12

Actual Training begins February 10th until race day on April 19th:

Week# Tuesday Wednesday Sat/Sun
1 4x400 3-mile tempo 6-mile long run
2 4x800 4-mile tempo 8-mile long run
3 3x1600 5-mile tempo 10-mile long run
4 6x400 6-mile tempo 6-mile long run
5 3x1600 4-mile tempo 10-mile long run
6 4x800 8-mile tempo 8-mile long run
7 6x400 6-mile tempo 10-mile long run
8 4x1600 8-mile tempo 12-mile long run
9 3x800 3-mile tempo 6-mile long run
10 4x400 2-mile tempo Half Marathon

Tuesday's are speedworks with 20 warm-up and cood-down which will be between 1-2 miles for me.
Wednesday's are tempo runs.
Saturday's are slow runs for distance.

I've already decided that I am going to inorporate walking into my race plan. Last summer on the days when I would walk 1 minute after every mile, my times were faster than when I ran the whole way. Plus my knee didn't hurt as back and recovery time seemed shorter. And lastly, my goals. I'm really not one for time goals, I just finish and look back and see that I had the experience I wanted. That could mean I worked as hard as I could or maybe I had fun or even just finished or sometimes I beat my last time. But I do like a bar to aim for which may change once I get into training. So here it is:

Goal Pace: 11:02
Goal Time: 2:22:34