Saturday workouts

I did an hour spin class. The instructors is really tough and she kicked my butt! But it was great and I'm loving the cycle shoes.

Cassie,

I did 6 miles this morning with my Half Marathon group. It was a balmy 45 degrees this morning. Wasnt feeling very good this morning so ended up doing the 6 miles in 1 hr 4 minutes. I had to walk some the last 2 miles. Hopefully I'm coming down with the "crud".

What is your coaches theory on running 6 days/week? Is one day off, enough rest? Curious to hear more about your run coach.

Curt

Curt,

My coach is building my volume of running so that I'm averaging 35-40 miles of running per week.  I'll have two quality runs (distance & speed intervals), plus 4 easy days.  He'll be working with me to lengthen my stride, improve my speed and teach me to prevent the marathon shuffle so typical in the final miles of the race.

Converting to a 6-day running plan is going to be challenging for me from a scheduling perspective, but I have some aggressive time goals this year.  By the end of the year, I'm hoping to have earned the break throughs necessary to qualify for Boston.

If anyone can help me get there, I think he can.  In 2006, he won his age group (50-54) at the Niagara Falls International Marathon with a time of  3:00:58.

Here's week 1 and 2:
Monday - 2 miles
Tuesday - 3 miles
Wednesday - 3 miles
Thursday - 5 miles (sprints)
Friday - 2 miles
Saturday - rest
Sunday   - 1.5 hours

Monday - rest
Tuesday - 3 miles
Wednesday - 4 miles
Thursday - 6 miles
Friday - 2 miles
Saturday - 2 miles
Sunday - 10 min warm-up; 2(1 mile @ 8:30 with 3 min jog recovery); 10 min-warm down.

Cassie