September (2016) Running Challenge

First run of September! Wasn't sure if I'd be able to do it, almost talked myself out of it, but doggone it, I went out there and ran, and it felt okay. There was a nice cool breeze that felt very good. I had only planned to do my 3.5 mile loop since I was feeling sluggish but by the time I got to mile 3 I perked up, so I went an additional half mile and made it an even 4.

9/1 - 4 miles

5512bf wrote: »

@KatieJane83 - Pete Pfitzinger plans are no joke. I'm using his 18 week - 70 mile peak plan from his Advanced Marathoning book. I do feel like I'm in the best shape of my life, but after 13-14 weeks and almost 900 miles later my legs are certainly feeling the burn. What plan are you looking at out of this book? I've considered getting this book and doing some 5k-10k work before jumping back into marathon training. Let me know how you like it.

So, I first got introduced to his stuff the other day, when I was chatting with the other office runner, lol, who is currently much more advanced than me, and does marathons using some of the more advanced training plans from Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning book. I told him I'm looking at doing a full marathon end of next year/beginning of the following, and I don't know if it will be a 'once is enough' thing or if I'll get hooked, so I want to make it worth it and something to be proud of (run the whole thing, in a decent time, hoping for at most 4 hours). He lent me his copy of Advanced Marathoning to photocopy, recommending the 18 week 55-70 mi/wk plan.

I went online to do a little research about the author, looking for a good way to bridge from where I am now, and discovered this book. My first plan of action is to actually use it to build my base mileage. I got the Kindle copy of the book as well (was only $3 after I ordered the physical copy) so started browsing and realized that this book, in addition to all the race training plans, also has base mileage building plans, score!

So, I'm going to start off jumping halfway into the 'building up to 30 miles per week' plan, since I'm already at ~25, and then move on to the 'building up to 45 miles' plan. I'm not looking to rush myself, as I want to avoid injuries, so I'll probably try to stretch that to the end of January. After that, I'll have a few filler weeks, and then can start the 12 week 46-53 mi/wk Half Marathon plan for the HM I'm eyeing in June.

This is all subject to modification as I'm sure I'll be throwing in some shorter distance races throughout this time, and might try some of the plans for those from the book.

I'll keep you posted as I delve further into it, and start actually trying out some of the plans.

Starting this month with a 2 mile easy/recovery run. This place is still just as busy as ever! Love it! I won't be able to keep up at the moment, but I'll post my mileage. Hopefully I can keep up with some of this months fun. I've been away to heal a stress fracture in my foot that I thought was just a sore cuboid back in June. Running just a single mile sucks a whole litter of kittens right now, my endurance is so bad!

9/1 - 2 miles

Total 2 of 50 miles

I'm back! Had an ankle injury that stopped me for a good portion of the summer. I'm going for 25 miles this month.

Took my dogs for a walk and mapped what my starter running path will be! I'm so excited to train myself to be a runner!