week 0
Soooooo....... my 12-week half marathon training plan is going to get adjusted down to 10. I forgot when I planned it that we'd be on vacation halfway through the first week, and I didn't anticipate taking a week off from running to try and calm my cranky piriformis down - which, as of right now, seems to have worked. I had a long talk with the Egyptian Magician at PT on Friday morning, and have readjusted my plan based on it. I'm going to replace the post-long-run recovery run with a pool run for the next few weeks. I'm going to alternate high and low mileage weeks instead of a 3-week build then step back, and I'm going take the first few weeks of speed work VERY lightly. All the stretching/foam rolling/tennis balling seems to be calming my butt down, and I don't want to re-irritate it by cranking things up too quickly.
Now, add that to the part where I seem to have picked up the poet's cold, and I'm making this coming week: 0. I'm going to make a decision every day about training based on how I feel, and if I don't get in the miles that I want or if I decide on an easy 4-mile run instead of a speed workout, I'm not going to worry about it at all. I did an an easy-paced 4 miles on Saturday that felt tough on my beer-and-bread heavy body, so I know that taking things easy is the way to go until I've burned off some of the carbs and cleared out the bright green gunk in my head.
So here's the adjusted plan. You can click on it to make it bigger. That will make it easier to see that Friday says, "Cycle/Rest."
I finally got back on the trainer this week after taking the month of December off completely. I've only done short (one episode) workouts so far, but the knee isn't bothering me at all. It's such a strange experience to have injuries that heal! It's pretty likely I'll take a rest day on Fridays and leave out cycling completely most weeks, but I might tack it on an easier day during the lighter weeks. I want to try and maintain at least a low level of cycling fitness during the spring months, if for no other reason than to try and avoid the extremely sore butt I'm currently sporting after being off for a month. I also finally bought the "month unlimited" pass for the yoga studio I like, and went to my first of hopefully many classes yesterday morning. Warm & stretchy muscles = happy muscles.
Monday: Rest (skiing!)
Tuesday: Rest (skiing!)
Wednesday: 55 minutes lifting (legs), 38 minutes/2000 yard swim
Thursday: 45 minutes/4.5M pool run, 40 minutes lifting (arms/chest/back)
Friday: 65 minutes lifting (L, then at PT), 13 minutes/1.3M walk/run (at PT), 53 minutes/13M cycling (trainer)
Saturday: 37 minutes/4M run, 45 minutes/10.7M cycling (trainer)
Sunday: 75 minutes yoga, 60 minutes/6M pool run, 32 minutes/1500 meter swim
Now, add that to the part where I seem to have picked up the poet's cold, and I'm making this coming week: 0. I'm going to make a decision every day about training based on how I feel, and if I don't get in the miles that I want or if I decide on an easy 4-mile run instead of a speed workout, I'm not going to worry about it at all. I did an an easy-paced 4 miles on Saturday that felt tough on my beer-and-bread heavy body, so I know that taking things easy is the way to go until I've burned off some of the carbs and cleared out the bright green gunk in my head.
So here's the adjusted plan. You can click on it to make it bigger. That will make it easier to see that Friday says, "Cycle/Rest."
Monday: Rest (skiing!)
Tuesday: Rest (skiing!)
Wednesday: 55 minutes lifting (legs), 38 minutes/2000 yard swim
Thursday: 45 minutes/4.5M pool run, 40 minutes lifting (arms/chest/back)
Friday: 65 minutes lifting (L, then at PT), 13 minutes/1.3M walk/run (at PT), 53 minutes/13M cycling (trainer)
Saturday: 37 minutes/4M run, 45 minutes/10.7M cycling (trainer)
Sunday: 75 minutes yoga, 60 minutes/6M pool run, 32 minutes/1500 meter swim