Place Your Bets
January 9th, 2011
Currently: I am sitting on the couch in sweats, wrapped in a down blanket with the lights off while Dave reads facts about the Amazon River and other large bodies of water from the dining room.
Did you know that the Pacific Ocean gets up to 86 degrees near the equator?
Yea, neither did I.
Did you also know that I didn’t run that 8 miles yet? I’m sure you all could have guessed it, though!
I think that the Pacific Ocean had a warmer temperature than my body today. I just could not get warm, and the thought of running for an hour + in “feels like” 7 degree weather seemed tortuous.
I’d rather throw myself into the Pacific.
Ok, not really.I hate water. But my lack of motivation did make me take a long, hard look at marathon training. …and make me consider purchasing a treadmill off of Craig’s List…
If I do a 16 week training plan, then I don’t have to start until the end of January…which is what I plan on doing.
HOWEVER, before you start thinking, “my goodness this girl is ridiculously lazy”, let me explain.
I’m going to be starting the “official” training at the end of January, but because the past two months have been so chaotic and my running has dwindled, I will take the next two weeks to get my mileage up to where it used to be before I jump headfirst.
Marathon training can be completely scary because the mileage builds very quickly. That increased mileage only scares me when I have low mileage. As my mileage builds, so does my confidence.
Once I am up to my 30ish miles a week, the thought of impending 15 mile runs will not frighten me.
So here’s the plan for this week:
Sunday: cross train (Jillian Michaels, holla!)
Monday: 6 miles
Tuesday: 4 miles, cross train
Wednesday: 4 miles
Thursday: cross train
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 8 miles
Total Mileage: 22 miles
Like all of my “plans” this isn’t set in stone. Some of these days are interchangeable. I usually run with Ashley one night a week so, for example, we may run 4 miles on Thursday instead of Wednesday depending on our schedules. Flexibility is the name of my game.
Now I am not a proponent of gambling, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you all placed bets on whether or not this will happen.
Heck, I might even place a bet too based on past performances.
I’m predictable in an unpredictable kind of way.
I’m also hoping that by sharing my “plan” with you, it might spur me to actually follow it.
Here’s to the new week!
Do you plan out your workouts for the week?What’s your workout schedule look like for this week? Does it look at all like mine?
Who else is beginning training for a spring marathon? Is anyone else running Pittsburgh?
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I plan my work outs, but I also have a training schedule for a marathon! But I definitely write out my runs and with weights I’ll do each day. Keeps me accountable!
Nice plan. I do the same. Usually I do my plans in 14 days blocks so I can squeeze everything in just right!
another reason you need to live in austin. 75 degrees on Friday, just sayin…..
Good plan. I’m been ramping up to start a 16 week plan for Pittsburgh at the end of the month – so I’m right there with you. It was cold and windy today where I am too, but once I get going, I’m usually OK!
I hardly worked out last week, but I just barely planned my workouts for this week! Tomorrow – Body Pump, Tuesday – Pilates, Wednesday – Body Pump, Thursday – cycle, Friday – teach cycle, Saturday – yoga!
I keep a training plan (for a half-marathon in March) on my fridge and try to follow it each week. The days get all flipped around and stuff.
I think your plan sounds great! I’m finally at the last 3 weeks of my training plan. I did an 18 week marathon training plan and I think it was way too long. In the first few weeks I was really nervous because I had taken a break from distance running and hadn’t ran anything over 10k in a few months. Anything in the double digits at a decent pace was really challenging. However, I stuck to my training plan and found that I progressed significantly and felt like I hit my peak between week 10 and 13. I’m nowstruggling these last few weeks to keep that level of fitness and to keep motivated. I would suggest a plan no longer than 16 weeks because you don’t want to get burn out with your plan.
With that being said, I absolutely plan out all my workouts ahead of time, I I LOVE jillian work outs!!
I have my training plan all laid out, and honestly, when I don’t have one I don’t want to work out! I feel you. The weather has been really cold lately too which does lower my motivation to go outside. Plus, I slipped this weekend which make me NOT a happy camper, er, runner.
Happy Running!
How funny that I named my post last night the exact same thing!! And I was posting my marathon training schedule! tee heehee!
Good luck with your training. I am sure you will do great. I am nervous about starting too. I start this week.
I’m getting better at running in the cold, but that would probably be too cold for me too. I try to plan my exercise, but that’s been a PITA lately with things changing a lot. I was going to run tomorrow night, but my sister wants to do a SkyRobics class instead, so I gotta run tonight, etc. Lately I’ve just been going with the flow and getting in 6 days a week of whatever.
I’m doing the half again. Working on ramping up the mileage and running more consistently again before I dive into a plan. Not looking forward to running in the cold again this year, good luck with your training!