Princess Half Marathon: Training Schedule Update
That's actually my planned 5K costume, but I haven't figured out my half costume yet, so this is what you get.
It's taken some time and a lot of thought, but I may have finally figured out my Princess Half Marathon training schedule.
I’ve divided the plan into two types of weeks - “A” and “B” weeks.
“A” weeks have a long run on Sunday.
“B” weeks have a shorter run and barre3 class on Sundays.
For “B” weeks, the plan is to run 30 minutes either Monday or Tuesday and 45 minutes on Wednesday, and barre3 + 50-55 minutes on Sunday (that’s how long it takes to get to barre3), for a total of 125-130 minutes and a “long run” percentage of 40-42%.
“A” weeks are where things get a bit more complicated. For the first few weeks, the plan is two weekday runs - either 45 minutes + 45 minutes or 45 minutes + 55-60 minutes. Once the long runs get longer than 100 minutes (which should be the last 2-3 runs), I’ll have to up it to 3 weekday runs - right now I’m thinking 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 45 minutes. Long run percentages will hover between 45 and 50%.
Here’s the plan as it is currently written:
Week 1 (12/2-12/8) - 3 runs, 3 barre3 classes -
most of this week is already done, but that's what I get for being lazy and not getting around to posting this until Saturday night
Monday: Run, 30 minutes
Tuesday: barre3 (PM)
Wednesday: Run, 45 minutes
Thursday: barre3 (AM)
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Run to barre3 + barre3
Week 2 (12/9-12/15) - 3 runs, 2 barre3 classes
Monday: barre3 (PM)
Tuesday: Run, 45 minutes
Wednesday: Run, 45 minutes (Mile High Run Club?)
Thursday: barre3 (AM)
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Run, 80 minutes
Week 3 (12/16-12/22) - 3 runs, 2 barre3 classes
Monday: Run, 30 minutes
Tuesday: barre3 (PM)
Wednesday: Run, 45 minutes
Thursday: barre3 (AM)
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: 50 minutes run (no barre3 because I’m in Queens for the weekend)
Week 4 (12/23-12/29) - 3 runs, 2 barre3 classes
Monday: Run, 45 minutes
Tuesday: barre3 (AM) -
I'm off from work, so I figured I'd go to the 8:30 or 9:45
Wednesday: Run, 45 minutes (MHRC?)
Thursday: barre3 (PM) -
My usual 7:15 Thursday class is cancelled, so as of now I'm planning to go at night ... although I have a family thing that night that I don't know if I want to go to, so I may just end up skipping barre3 this day
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Run, 90 minutes
Week 5 (12/30-1/5) - 3 runs, 3 barre3 classes
Monday: SaltDrop (PM)
Tuesday: Run, 30 minutes
Wednesday: Run to barre3 + barre3 (I did it on New Year’s last year and I loved it so I want to do it again)
Thursday: barre3 (AM)
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Run to barre3 + barre3
Week 6 (1/6-1/12) - 3 runs, 2 barre3 classes
Monday: Run, 45 minute (MHRC?), barre3 (PM)
Tuesday: Rest
Wednesday: Run, 60 minutes
Thursday: barre3 (AM)
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Run, 100 minutes
Week 7 (1/13-1/19) - 3 runs, 3 barre3 classes
Monday: barre3 (PM)
Tuesday: Run, 30 minutes
Wednesday: Run, 45 minutes
Thursday: barre3 (AM)
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Run to barre3 + barre3
Week 8 (1/20-1/26) - 4 runs, 2 barre3 classes
Monday: Run, 30 minutes
Tuesday: Run, 30 minutes, barre3 (PM)
Wednesday: Run, 45 minutes (MHRC)
Thursday: barre3 (AM)
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Run, 110 minutes
Week 9 (1/27-2/3) - 3 runs, 3 barre3 classes
Monday: barre3 (PM)
Tuesday: Run, 30 minutes
Wednesday: Run, 45 minutes, SaltDrop? (PM)
Thursday: barre3 (AM)
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Run to barre3 + barre3
Week 10 (2/4-2/9) - 4 runs, 2 barre3 classes
Monday: Run, 30 minutes
Tuesday: Run, 30 minutes, barre3 (PM)
Wednesday: Run, 45 minutes (MHRC)
Thursday: barre3 (AM)
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Run, 120 minutes
Week 11 (2/10-2/16) - 3 runs, 3 barre3 classes
Monday: barre3 (PM)
Tuesday: Run, 30 minutes
Wednesday: Run, 45 minutes
Thursday: barre3 (AM)
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Run to barre3 + barre3
Week 12 (2/17-2/23) - 3 runs, 2 barre3 classes -
Race Week
Monday: barre3 (PM)
Tuesday: Run, 30 minutes
Wednesday: barre3 (not sure if I want to do AM or PM)
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Princess 5K
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Princess Half Marathon
The runs will probably mostly stay as they are. Barre3 classes are always subject to change, but I want to be in the habit of either Monday or Tuesday after work and Thursday before work. I’m thinking Mile High Run Club on Wednesday of “A” (higher mileage) weeks (and mostly that's what's reflected on the schedule), but I’m still playing with that. A lot of that (and if I try new things) will depend on the ClassPass credit situation. I bought a 5-class package for SaltDrop, so I have to figure out where those fit in too (I have a few on the schedule, but they're all subject to change).
This is very much a work in progress, but it’s also a start. It’s been weird to not know where I was going with running, and while I’m certainly not holding myself to this schedule like I would with a traditional training plan, I’m happy to have a guideline all written out.