HM Training - March 31-April 6

Jill · 2008-03-31

Nettie Goal Races: 4/6 - Athens, OH - Shooting for 2:00-2:08 9/7 - Lake Zurich Alpine Races - Sub 2:00 if Athens goal was met otherwise same as Athens Plan: RW Ryan Hall Plan Runnin-from-the-Law Goal Races: 4/19/08 - Earth Day HM 6/21 - Grandma's HM Plan: modified Daniels BigGahoona Goal Races: 4/19/09 - Earth Day HM 6/21 - Grandma's HM Plan: not sure yet jebba Goal Race: 4/26 - Country Music Half Marathon Jill Goal Race: 4/27/08 - Lehigh Valley HM Plan: modified Rick Morris plan sauconRunner Goal Race: 4/27/08 - Lehigh Valley HM Plan: RW plan MrPHinNJ Goal Race: 04/27/08 - Lehigh Valley HM Plan: Personal Plan ScratchType1 Goal Race: 5/4/08 -Broad Street Run Plan: personal version of Daniels Dankinia Goal Race: 5/4/08 - Eugene HM Plan: personalized plan SLOjim Goal Races: 5/17 Palos Verdes HM 9/13 Heartbreak Ridge at Camp Pendleton (lots of hills, run hard .... sub 2:00) 10/12 Long Beach (run hard, even splits, 1:52) Plan: personal plan - base currently at 35-40mpw .. hold at 40mpw with speed work and short races. RunningForT3 Goal Races: 4/12 - North Face Endurance 50 HM (Bear Mt) 5/4 - New Jersey HM 6/1 - Black Bear - the biggest one in my life, coming at the end of my first half-ironman CTDon Goal Race: 5/25 - Boston's Run To Remember (sub 2:00) Plan: Runner's World Ultimate HM program tigger Goal Race: 6/22/08 - Vancouver HM Plan: Pfitzinger

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Jill

Discussion Starter · Mar 31, 2008

Nettie Goal Races: 
4/6 - Athens, OH - Shooting for 2:00-2:08 
9/7 - Lake Zurich Alpine Races - Sub 2:00 if Athens goal was met otherwise same as Athens 
Plan: RW Ryan Hall Plan Runnin-from-the-Law Goal Races: 
4/19/08 - Earth Day HM 
6/21 - Grandma's HM 
Plan: modified Daniels BigGahoona Goal Races: 
4/19/09 - Earth Day HM 
6/21 - Grandma's HM 
Plan: not sure yet jebba Goal Race: 4/26 - Country Music Half Marathon Jill Goal Race: 4/27/08 - Lehigh Valley HM 
Plan: modified Rick Morris plan sauconRunner Goal Race: 4/27/08 - Lehigh Valley HM 
Plan: RW plan MrPHinNJ Goal Race: 04/27/08 - Lehigh Valley HM 
Plan: Personal Plan ScratchType1 Goal Race: 5/4/08 -Broad Street Run 
Plan: personal version of Daniels Dankinia Goal Race: 5/4/08 - Eugene HM 
Plan: personalized plan SLOjim Goal Races: 
5/17 Palos Verdes HM 
9/13 Heartbreak Ridge at Camp Pendleton (lots of hills, run hard .... sub 2:00) 
10/12 Long Beach (run hard, even splits, 1:52) 
Plan: personal plan - base currently at 35-40mpw .. hold at 40mpw with speed work and short races. RunningForT3 Goal Races: 4/12 - North Face Endurance 50 HM (Bear Mt) 
5/4 - New Jersey HM 
6/1 - Black Bear - the biggest one in my life, coming at the end of my first half-ironman CTDon Goal Race: 5/25 - Boston's Run To Remember (sub 2:00) 
Plan: Runner's World Ultimate HM program tigger Goal Race: 6/22/08 - Vancouver HM 
Plan: Pfitzinger

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CTDon

· #18 · Apr 5, 2008

Hey folks, mind if I jump in here with you? 
I posted a similar message in the CT runners thread, but I'd like a place to check in on a regular basis, so this seems to fit the bill! 
I'm currently training for Boston's Run to Remember HM. My goal is to run sub-2 (current PR is 2:09). 
I'm using Runner's World's Intermediate "Ulitmate HM program". 
I don't have any other races scheduled, but am looking for some to fit in to my Summer/Fall schedule (weekends fill up quick!) 
Thanks!

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CTDon

· #20 · Apr 5, 2008

Thanks for the add, Jill!

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CTDon

· #23 · Apr 6, 2008

Thanks for the welcome, folks! 
My PR was at the run to remember last year...and in actuality, I ran it in 2:07ish....I stopped a few times to wait for friends and once to mug for some pictures with my son. 
The program I'm following now is WAY different than HH's beginner program which I have followed in the past. I really like the intervals involved, a whole new ball game!

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CTDon

· #26 · Apr 7, 2008

Thanks for the welcome, runners! 
Well, it was bound to happen. I've heard about them, but in my 2+ years of running I hadn't experienced one before. But today, I had it. Nah, it's nothing major, but I finally had my first 'bad run'. 
I was supposed to do 8-9 miles, with 4min TUT (Total Uphill Time). The first 2 miles were okay, just warming up, but I got to a steep hill and knocked 1:30 out of the 4min needed on that one alone...it just gassed me. After that I couldn't get into a groove, never hit my stride and just struggled the whole way. I got the other 2:30 of hills around 5 miles in on a long, more gradual hill, and it wasn't as bad as the first one, but it didn't help with trying to develop/maintain a good rhythm or pace. 
I finally realized around 6.5 miles that things just weren't going to click. So I stopped trying to turn it into something 'good' and plodded along for the last 1.5 miles. 
I honestly don't think it was the hills, I think it was the fact that I missed runs on Thursday and Saturday and wasn't thoroughly hydrated today. 
Fear not, I'm not bumming about it. Bad runs are bound to happen. It's behind me. I just feel chatty so I figured I'd let you know how my run went today, rather than just 'I did 8 miles'! <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif">

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