I got this book from www.paperbackswap.com Which means I paid about $2.50 to send one of my books to someone else and got this for free. This is what I am basing my training on. This shows you a set up for training programs for whatever distance you're going for (almost, it doesn't cover a marathon and a half or other REAL distances). The author breaks up the training into 3 stages. The first stage being Road Work. Road work is simply the accumulation of miles. SLOW accumulation!! Since I am going for a half marathon this time, that's the program I'm looking at. This books sets up 17 weeks of training for you. Because of the fasting and the recoop time I feel I need, I added three weeks to the beginning - so my training will last a total of 20 weeks. My first week is almost done.
The second stage is Strength Work, which obviously deals with strangth building during those weeks. The Strength Work includes tempo runs and inclines!! WHohooo! Don't ya just LOVE a good hill?? The third stage is Track work. Track work involves 400-meter, 800-meter, and 1600-meter, and 3200-meter repeats. This gives you speed, the "tempo" that (hopefully) you'll run your race.
Right now, of course, I am in the Road Work phase. I'm starting out small, and building up. At the end of the Road WOrk phase the long run (n a Saturday) will be 16 miles. Then I enter into the Strength Work, which cuts the long runs back down to 10 miles. Just the thought gets your blood going, doesn't it??
I will share how this all goes, falls apart, comes together for me as I get through it. At this point I'm still surprised I'm getting out of bed as early as I am to drive to a track...
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