Question:
Anybody have a Half Marathon Training
schedule they'd like to share. I'm
enter in one (my first event) and
don't quite know what I should be
doing for workouts in the weeks
leading up to the event.
Answer:
I'm also training for a half-marathon
and I just want to say good-luck.
I usually do my workouts relying
on a heart rate monitor. I have
about two or three intense workouts
a week, a long run, and a couple
recovery runs. Right now, I'm only
a couple weeks into training though
as I'm not racing my half-marathon
until May.
This is a
2x2x2x2 workout and you see why
Basically I do 3 of four activities
a week - paddle, hike/run, bike,
climb Now one can't do it all but
hell I like to train.
Paddle canoe/kayak
for upper body strength and I like
too damn it for up to 4-6 hours
Hike up to
35km in 4:25 hrs and run up to 10km
in 40min or so (I mainly run 5km
to 10km)
Also mtn bike,
doing endurance rides, i.e. anything
over 30-50 km fast, long
& short 20-30 technical fast,
speed work on climbs etc at paces
from 15-16km
/ hr and 21-23km per hour which
is pretty good for mountain biking.
Finally I
rock climb for over all conditioning
and enlightenment for 6-8 hrs.
