I've got a 5k 7/15 and 10k 7/16 and I'm literally going to figure out my strategy for that race based solely on the weather and how I'm feeling about them those days. I'm just bling hoarding and I like the lakefront path and so I'm gonna run on it
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It's really a matter of personal preference. Are you the type of person that can commit to a freely setup schedule, or do you need more of a "this is what I'm suppose to do today" type? Hence, if not set schedule are you going to be more likely to skip days? Also, what do you want out of the next few days, weeks, months, etc? Are you comfortable with the gains you've made to date and maintaining, or do you want to continue to get better? These are the types of questions you'd want to answer to yourself in order to decide what to do next. I know for me, I need a rigid schedule. I need to know what I'm suppose to do each day. I've done a more laissez faire attitude the last few weeks during race season because it's a little more unscripted. And I can tell it might be having a small impact on my results. So I'm trying to be mindful of this as the next few weeks come up before my own 10k. Now conversely, if you find a rigid schedule more stressful or less fun and just need a break, then by all means take that time to recharge. Look back at your history of running and both methods and see if you're satisfied with both methods equally or if you prefer one or the other.
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Honestly, the plan can be as short or long as you want it to be. I think the real decision is less the length of the plan, but more so how much do you want to improve? I think answering that dictates the length of the plan more. You want more gains, then the plan will likely end up longer. With that being said, the week of 7/17 is 14 weeks from race day and that's plenty of time.
We can certainly make anything work. I think you'd probably have to choose an either or (especially since the HM happens first) as an "A" race. It sounds like the 10k is your "A" race, which means we could incorporate the HM as a long run pace or slower type run (dependent on a myriad of factors that go undetermined until it's written). The plan wouldn't look to dissimilar from the HM plan you followed except the pacing would change focus on a few of the runs throughout the plan. But mostly, endurance is still the predominant focus of the plan, even when we hone in on true speed pacing. Although, to be fair, working on speed pacing in the summer will be tough. You know with the
I'm doing the Hot Chocolate 15k this year! I DON'T KNOW WHY THO.
The buying the bike was the biggest pain for me. I'm pretty sure that I saw swim lessons on your goals. Once you get that down you can definitely do a tri.
Sadly RnR Chicago is not going to happen for me this year. Man do I love that half medal with the bean though!
My two cents on what you should do next: a marathon, most definitely. Chicago 2018.
Wait... are we talking kids or running here?I feel like deciding to do another half or a full is a lot like when people decide to have a second kid. The farther removed from the experience the more your memory loss about how much time and energy training took and your mind starts remembering the race as easier than it was. You start only remembering the happy times and forget about all the poopy stuff and the crying. I fear this will be me sometime soon.
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You're baaaackkkk!!! Woohoo!
I think BIG things are going to happen this fall running for you! Yay!
Wait... are we talking kids or running here?
I have this weird pipe dream of the WDW marathon in 2019, so maybe join me there? (even if it's not your first
