Most of you know that for this spring, I’m training for a half marathon and not a full. Just to recap, I decided to go with the half thinking that my knee needed a break. Well I’m happy to report that so far it’s working. One big difference is that I have been following a training program from the book, Run Less, Run Faster. The basis of the book naturally is less running. No more running 6 days a week. They have you running only 3 days, and then 2 days of cross training, which could include swimming, bike riding, or using a rowing machine. Even if I would be training for a full marathon, it’s the same training program. Today for instance, I’m running 10 miles, and then I’m not scheduled to run again until Tuesday. So basically you have 1 day, Saturday, where you build up your mileage, and then 2 days, Tuesday and Thursday, where you do mainly speed work. Tuesday is the harder speed workout, and Thursday is really a mixture of easy running and fast running. I guess the end resault will be how I do on my race day, but at this point, I’m happy.
Diggin’ my training
Glad your happy with the program, Dave! I’m liking it too. I hope we both feel as positive about it on race day.