Will my training do what I want?



J

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Hi all:

I'm assuming that the training I'm doing right now will get the results
I want, but I thought I'd ask the experts out there. Briefly, my goal
is to get faster, but also to run longer distances. I've been running
about 6 months or so. I've run several 5Ks this year, and my PR is
29:46 (hey, I didn't say I was *fast*...), a 9:30 pace. I'd like to
work up to a half-marathon in 10 months or so, and to the Chicago
marathon in 2006.

I run 4 days a week...on a treadmill right now, because of the weather.
I have 2 "distance" days, and 2 "speed" days. Monday/Thursday are the
distance days, and I typically do 3.5-4M at a 5.5-6.0MPH pace.
Tues/Fri. are the speed days, where I alternate 1 minute at 6MPH (or
higher), 1 at 5.5MPH. As the next few months progress, I plan on
adding both distance and speed.

After having said all that--I assume that spending a couple days on
distance, and a couple on speed, will get me where I want to
be...right? Should I concentrate on one or the other instead of both?
Any advice/thoughts would be appreciated...

Jim
 
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

>
> After having said all that--I assume that spending a couple days on
> distance, and a couple on speed, will get me where I want to
> be...right? Should I concentrate on one or the other instead of both?
> Any advice/thoughts would be appreciated...
>


I'm currently singing the praises of the book "Daniels' Running
Formula," which will give you a really good idea how to plan your
training.

--Harold Buck


"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson
 
I recommend doing a Google search for "Hadd Training". Read it, live it.

2 days of speed at your current level of training is too much, IMHO.


<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all:
>
> I'm assuming that the training I'm doing right now will get the results
> I want, but I thought I'd ask the experts out there. Briefly, my goal
> is to get faster, but also to run longer distances. I've been running
> about 6 months or so. I've run several 5Ks this year, and my PR is
> 29:46 (hey, I didn't say I was *fast*...), a 9:30 pace. I'd like to
> work up to a half-marathon in 10 months or so, and to the Chicago
> marathon in 2006.
>
> I run 4 days a week...on a treadmill right now, because of the weather.
> I have 2 "distance" days, and 2 "speed" days. Monday/Thursday are the
> distance days, and I typically do 3.5-4M at a 5.5-6.0MPH pace.
> Tues/Fri. are the speed days, where I alternate 1 minute at 6MPH (or
> higher), 1 at 5.5MPH. As the next few months progress, I plan on
> adding both distance and speed.
>
> After having said all that--I assume that spending a couple days on
> distance, and a couple on speed, will get me where I want to
> be...right? Should I concentrate on one or the other instead of both?
> Any advice/thoughts would be appreciated...
>
> Jim
>
 
On 2004-12-07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> I run 4 days a week...on a treadmill right now, because of the weather.
> I have 2 "distance" days, and 2 "speed" days. Monday/Thursday are the
> distance days, and I typically do 3.5-4M at a 5.5-6.0MPH pace.
> Tues/Fri. are the speed days, where I alternate 1 minute at 6MPH (or
> higher), 1 at 5.5MPH. As the next few months progress, I plan on
> adding both distance and speed.
>
> After having said all that--I assume that spending a couple days on
> distance, and a couple on speed, will get me where I want to
> be...right? Should I concentrate on one or the other instead of both?
> Any advice/thoughts would be appreciated...

It's premature to do speed work. Your "distance days" are already fairly fast
compared to your 5k pace. I'd suggest 4 "distance days" per week and get rid
of the "speed" days. I'd also recommend making one of the "distance" days a
little longer, maybe 6 miles or so.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/
 
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