Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Shifting to 10k training

Now that Spring Marathon season is officially concluded (aside from the upcoming Twisted Ankle Trail marathon in May, which is more of a survival exercise rather than a road race), I am converging to pre-summer 5k/10k training. With summertime marathons being non-existent in the southern part of the country, 5k, 10k, and short-distance triathlons are the only races that are taking place down here.

To switch up my training regimen, I am changing over to an advanced 10k training plan that will also help me with 5k races as well. From researching the plans out there, I'm happy with the one I have finally adapted to meet the mileage goals I have for myself, along with the kinds of hard efforts I am looking for. All in all, I think this plan will help me PR in both 5k and 10k races this Summer.

Without further delay, I present to you....

...THE PLAN

Since I'm still recovering from the two marathons in the past 30 days, I'm going to start the new training routine on next Monday, March 29. I will make my first post-marathon run tomorrow morning (Thursday) and spend Fri-Sun getting loosened back up in preparation for Monday's first training run. With about 2 weeks before the season's first 10k, I won't be in top shape for speed, but I am pretty confident I can PR my 10k time still the same. We'll see though. We'll see.

Hang in there, everyone. Have a good run today for me, ok?

3 comments:

  1. I promise once the back is feeling better I'll have a good run for you.

    I am curious which 10K plan you adapted. Obviously I'm not advanced right now, but I have a couple of sites I use - Runner's World Training Coach being one of them - and am always looking for others that meet my schedule better.

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  2. I've used the Runners World plans before, and I think the Smart Coach plans are fine, but I haven't been able to tweak the inputs enough to get it to provide me with a plan that incorporates enough miles and hard training efforts to make me feel like it is "working".

    The one I posted here is an adaptation that a Running Times author took from the Pete Pfitzinger 10k plans. They've been pretty successful, apparently, and I like the way this plan is shaping up. We'll see how it works, and I'll definitely post out what shakes down with it as I go along.

    -Chris

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  3. Awesome. Hope it works for you!

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