New Year, New Training Plan

Yesterday officially kicked off training for my goal marathon on May 15th: Mississauga Marathon, home of my sub-4/PR.

Hubs has once again worked his magic in creating a custom training plan for me, which we then worked together to scrutinize and fine-tune.

There are a noticeable changes from my last round:

• running 6 days per week instead of 5
• cross-training on my "off" day and at least one other day
• two workouts per week (tempo/LT Tuesdays and interval Thursdays) *not every week
• emphasis on keeping recovery runs slooooooow
• splitting medium-long into two runs, at least for the time being while it's freezing and pitch dark before and after work
• tempo/LT runs incorporated into medium-long days
• significantly more marathon pace work, in particular during long runs

Day 1 called for rest/cross-training so I hit the gym for some time on the stair-climber, elliptical and weights. Ideally I'd like to take a spin class on Mondays, but I wasn't feeling up to it after a long first day back to work and a grueling long run (hilly 17 miles - yes, this was before training began) the day before.

The mileage will be big, the workouts will be tough and it will be a fun 19 weeks.

As for goals? You will have to wait and see. :)



HBBC Ongoing Tally, Jan. 1 - 7
Jan. 1 - 0
Jan. 2 - run (17.1)
Jan. 3 - cardio (3), weights (1), F&V (1) = 5
=22.1