J
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
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