Sunday, March 25, 2007

New Training Plan - Week 1

Just finished the first week of my new, (and hopefully) improved training regime! If I'm going to get under 1:30 for a half marathon I'm going to need to have some confidence in the schedule and stick to it pretty closely. Let's see how week 1 went.....

Monday [10/10]
.....Plan - day off (I'm pretty confident about this day!)
.....Actual - Nailed it!
Tuesday [10/10]
.....Plan - 5 miles easy (8:15-8:30 pace)
.....Actual - 5.09 miles at 8:22
Wednesday [8/10]
.....Plan - 8 miles tempo (1m easy, 6m at 7:15-7:30, 1m easy)
.....Actual - 6.85 miles (1.5m easy, 4.3m at 7:13, 2m easy)
Thursday [8/10]
.....Plan - 7 miles easy (8:15-8:30 pace)
.....Actual - 6.89 miles at 8:00 [a little fast]
Friday [4/10]
.....Plan - 8 miles (5xmile repeats at 6:45-6:55, 60-90 sec recovery)
.....Actual - 5.26 miles at 8:37 [skipped repeats due to 5k race Sat.]
Saturday [4/10]
.....Plan - 6 miles easy (8:15-8:30 pace)
.....Actual - 5k race at 6:38 (5.26 miles total with warmup)
Sunday [8/10]
.....Plan - 14-18 miles long (first 3/4 at 8:15-30, 1/4 at race pace)
.....Actual - 15.05 miles at 8:21 [skipped fast finish due to race Sat.]
Total [52/70]
.....Plan - 48-52 mpw
.....Actual 44.39 miles

So overall it was pretty good for week 1. The 5k race obviously messed things up but that was expected. At 44+ miles, it was my biggest Monday-Sunday week ever. Next week should climb to 47 [close to plan] and the week after I'm up to 51 [if I'm on plan]. Then I ease back a little (45) and then it's the Santa Cruz half marathon (April 22nd)

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