June 5 sounds kind of far away right now, but right after signing up for my marathon it occurred to me that it’s only 9 weeks from now. I guess that means I need to run a whole bunch now. My tentative plan is to follow this schedule from Hal Higdon’s training site:
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Week
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Mon |
Tue
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Wed
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Thurs
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Fri
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Sat
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SSunS
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cross | 4 m run | 9 m run | 4 m run | rest | 9 m pace |
12
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| cross | 4 m run | 9 m run | 4 m run | rest | 9 m pace |
19
|
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| cross | 5 m run | 10 m run | 5 m run | rest | 10 m run |
20
|
|
| cross | 5 m run | 6 m run | 5 m run | rest | 6 m pace |
12
|
|
| cross | 5 m run | 10 m run | 5 m run | rest | 10 m pace |
20
|
|
| cross | 5 m run | 6 m run | 5 m run | rest | 6 m run |
12
|
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| cross | 5 m run | 10 m run | 5 m run | rest | 10 m pace |
20
|
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| cross | 5 m run | 8 m run | 5 m run | rest | 4 m pace |
12
|
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| cross | 4 m run | 6 m run | 4 m run | rest | 4 m run |
8
|
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| cross | 3 m run | 4 m run | rest | rest | 2 m run |
race
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It was originally an 18 week plan, but there’s no time for that now, so I just started yesterday with the 12 miles on Sunday of week 1. Side bar: I hate when calendars put Sunday at the end and Monday at the beginning. That’s not how it (time) works in my head.
I did the 12 on Leif, and it was okay. I almost didn’t go because it was raining so much, but then there was a magical 2 hour window of no rain. Despite living in Portland, I kind of hate running in the rain, and pretty much never do it. Sometimes it rains during the middle or end of my runs, but I never start running in the rain. Once I’m going I don’t mind, but initially going outside when it’s wet/crappy out is way too hard for me.
I haven’t run more than 10 miles in over a month, so it was kind of hard, but mostly just pretty boring. Nothing weird or creepy happened and Pascal kept pulling too much so my arm hurt and then I was bored and slightly angry. Luckily after about 8 miles I saw this guy running the opposite direction with the weirdest running form ever, and the thought of it kept me entertained for the next half mile or so. He ran normally with his legs, but when he brought his arms forward he would swing them from side to side a whole lot so he looked like he was practicing a dance or at a rave or something.
Next weekend my long run is supposed to be 19 miles, but I might increase my mileage a little more slowly than that. But maybe not, because increasing slowly wouldn’t be very ultimate hard body of me.
Miles run this week: 12
Miles run in 2010: 249
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Thanks for making fun of my running form.
I can’t help it.
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I don’t think you understand the concept of Ultimate Hard Body (the theme of this blog). UHB lifestyle doesn’t allow for concern of upping mileage by 30 mpw and swinging logs, and I have no idea what a claymore is, so also not a concern.
Also I’m well aware of when to back off. I’m just using this plan as a guideline.