I may have hinted at what my training plan will be for the next five months heading to the Megatransect, but I haven’t clearly spelled it out, leaving that option until this weekend when on Sunday, May 4, it will be five months exactly from the date and I will put the plan into action. Now after some thought, I’ll spell it out a little more succinctly than I may have in previous entries:
- Monday: Short run; gym, with legwork
- Tuesday: Mount Tom, up steep way, down less steep way
- Wednesday: Medium run; gym, minimal legwork
- Thursday: Mount Tom, up steep way, down steep way
- Friday: No running; gym, no legwork
- Saturday: Long run, once a month preferably on the course
- Sunday: Day off
Questions still may be asked, such as how long is a short run, a medium run, a long run? This will vary, as I go. Starting out, the short run will probably no more than two miles; the medium run, no more than five; and the “long” run, no more than 10, but probably more in the eight-mile range, keeping with the distance plus some with a 10K course on which I use for training.
The gym workout? I already have from a trainer at the gym to which I go, using mostly the pulley machines there, instead of the other boring machines — which also provide little balance, with most of the machines being all counter-balanced on one side. Lessening the legwork as the week progresses seems to make sense to me, especially in light of taking the steep way up and down Mount Tom on Thursday and then having the long run on Saturday.
Now the fun really begins.
May 4, 2008 at 5:44 pm |
Hey, thanks for the comment on my blog. The Bald Eagle Mountain sounds intense. I love trail running, though it’s been awhile since I’ve done it (running in general, actually, but trail running in specific). Anyway, good luck to you! And I hope you don’t mind but I’m also a book lover, so I checked out your reading blog as well. Great stuff!