One week into my 18 week training program – quick update:
5 runs:
Tuesday – 4 miles
Wednesday – 5 miles
Thursday – 4 miles
Saturday – 5 miles
Sunday – 10 miles
A solid week to start the training. The schedule I am following is located here:
This program is heavily based upon Hal Higdon’s Intermediate II marathon training program.
I have used variations of this program for many marathons and Goofy and Dopey Challenges and it has always worked well for me…as long as I follow it.
The running three days in a row is really important for building the endurance necessary for challenges like the Goofy Challenge and the Dopey Challenge. Some training plans will have you doing 4 days in a row to more closely mimic the Dopey Challenge however I don’t think that is strictly necessary. The real challenge of the extra day is not the extra running – it is the extra super early morning!
As I continue on the Thursday run may change to Friday instead. We have family stuff on Thursdays that is likely interfere – so Fridays are likely to make more sense as we get deeper into the fall.
So, a good start, more to come!
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