Still trying to workout the details for my half training...I need to work on my running since it makes me a stronger walker, but need to work on my power walking because I need to become faster and it helps my endurance to be a better runner...need to try to find a balance but still allows for resting and while getting 3 run days and 3 walk days each week.
I am trying to finish my Running 4 Fat Loss...I am in week 4 of 8...once I get done with that it will be easy, I will just use the half marathon training plan from my app...during the week I run on the run days and power walk on the long run day and easy walks on rest days...
I guess I could hold off on training until then, it's not like I have a race coming up...and I don't plan on doing a half until the fall...I need to figure it out soon...need to get April's workouts scheduled!
I'm sure it will work out...I just need to stop putting too much thought into it...
Monday, March 30, 2015
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Tired of injuries...
Over the past year, I have tried training to run another half marathon but got injured, but after barely runnning the previous year, it wasn't a big shock. So I started from square one again...I sucessfully fnished a 5K and 10K training program then decided to skip the half training and jumped into Marathon training since my 10K training already had me running 8-9 miles on Saturdays.
For my Marathon training my goal was run/walk and for the first few weeks it was going great, but for some reason, I just cannot get past 10 miles without an injury. I don't know if it's because of the extra weight I have put on or if it has to do with the terrain I am running...The area around here is very hilly. Whatever it is though, I am over injuries that leave me sidelined.
New plan...to walk a half marathon in less than 3 hours. On January 31, 2015, I walked 13.15 miles in 3:12:08 with minimal effort, I walked at a comfortable pace for the whole distance, Avg pace was 14:37.
Splits
1 mi 14:55
2 mi 15:27
3 mi 15:06
4 mi 14:47
5 mi 14:50
6 mi 14:40
7 mi 14:37
8 mi 14:30
9 mi 14:20
10 mi 14:17
11 mi 14:16
12 mi 13:58
13 mi 14:03
14 mi 15:53
I am hoping with training I can get my avg pace down to 13:00 or less...I recently power walked my first 5K for time...my goal was 40 minutes or less...I finished it in 37:49 avg pace was 12:12...but not sure if I could keep that pace up for 5 miles let alone 13.1...If I could that would be great, that would make it my 2nd fastest half and my previous HMs I ran.
I am going to have to look into some plans and make one that will work for me. I know not all plans are one size fits all so I will have to tweak it like I always do. Once I get my plan in place, I will post it.
For my Marathon training my goal was run/walk and for the first few weeks it was going great, but for some reason, I just cannot get past 10 miles without an injury. I don't know if it's because of the extra weight I have put on or if it has to do with the terrain I am running...The area around here is very hilly. Whatever it is though, I am over injuries that leave me sidelined.
New plan...to walk a half marathon in less than 3 hours. On January 31, 2015, I walked 13.15 miles in 3:12:08 with minimal effort, I walked at a comfortable pace for the whole distance, Avg pace was 14:37.
Splits
1 mi 14:55
2 mi 15:27
3 mi 15:06
4 mi 14:47
5 mi 14:50
6 mi 14:40
7 mi 14:37
8 mi 14:30
9 mi 14:20
10 mi 14:17
11 mi 14:16
12 mi 13:58
13 mi 14:03
14 mi 15:53
I am hoping with training I can get my avg pace down to 13:00 or less...I recently power walked my first 5K for time...my goal was 40 minutes or less...I finished it in 37:49 avg pace was 12:12...but not sure if I could keep that pace up for 5 miles let alone 13.1...If I could that would be great, that would make it my 2nd fastest half and my previous HMs I ran.
I am going to have to look into some plans and make one that will work for me. I know not all plans are one size fits all so I will have to tweak it like I always do. Once I get my plan in place, I will post it.
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