I signed up for a 20k race, which happens on June 4th. In case you are not proficient in converting kilometers to miles, that is 12.4 mile race. It came about by a friend who has been training for it for a few weeks who encouraged me to think about running with her. I originally planned to run a 5k with my mom and sister, but they are unavailable, so I began looking closely at the training schedules I have been considering and determined that if I started this week, both of the schedules pointed to running between 9 and 11 miles on the weekend the 20k was happening. So, I leaped! I am scared, but I think I can do it. I ran outside this weekend, 4 miles on Saturday and 3.5 on Sunday. It felt good, really good. Maybe the treadmill was the enemy.
The two training methods I have been looking at are Jeff Galloway's and Hal Higdon's. I am not sure which is better, but both have big followings, so I am sort of betting I can't go wrong. I am leaning toward Galloway's, as he advocates short, hard workouts during the week, with a very long run on the weekends, as well as a run/walk approach to the long runs. This schedule seems to fit my lifestyle better than Higdon's way, who estimates an average of about 6 hours per week devoted to running, not including stretching, strength training, or warm ups.
What do you think?
keep with it cristin! the warmer spring weather should make it much nicer to WANT to be outside!! you can do it!!
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