the indianapolis marathon...
it's two weeks after my best friend's wedding.
which puts me doing a long run somewhere i have never been - hours before i'm supposed to be ready to be a bridesmaid.
i also failed to mention
the indianapolis marathon is 5 days before bill and i leave for key west
which also means
the marathon is 7 days before i get married!!!
no pressure.
today i took my training schedule very seriously.
June 8th: REST DAY
done.
i plan to do some walking at work as well as this evening, but i took today off from running.
i'm following hal higdon's novice marathon 18 week program. i have about 20 weeks, so i've modified the first couple of weeks to mimic the rest of the program while putting myself in position to do longer runs on the weekend.
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June 2012
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Cross
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rest
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Rest
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MARATHON DAY!!! 26.2 Before I say I do
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leave for wedding
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GET MARRIED
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Notes:
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hal's programs have worked for me before, and i love the gradual approach.
there's a novice II program that might be more suited for myself, however i've always ran just one steady pace without working on speed work or intervals.
my garmin came in the mail yesterday so i may be working some of the novice II pace runs and speed work on my shorter distance days.
my only concern thus far looking at the training plan, well, ok, my only 2 concerns:
1. i've only ever ran 7 miles before work. the plan has me doing 9 - 10 miles during the week in weeks 13-15.
a. that seems like a lot to do pre-work
b. those weeks aren't until september, but it can still be quite warm to run those miles in the evening
2. can i pull this off? i mean, i thought the same thing training for my first half marathon. but the miles seemed to pile on so effortlessly. but still. that's only HALF the distance.
in other non running news:
this weekend is the greek festival! we went last year and had a really good time.
mythos beer and gyros are in my future.
happy friday!
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