I signed up for the Blue-Gray half marathon in April. I have not ran a half since 2013 and before that, 2012. The training plan I am using is twenty weeks, in lieu of the typical fourteen weeks. Better for a momma with less time on her hands.
The training plan starts at running a mile and a half and progresses to twelve miles. Some of the NRC guided treadmill runs work with those distances. However, between this and next week, I am going to burn through the short NRC runs.
In reverse chronological order, these are the runs from the NRC in which I have enjoyed survived savored:
- Little Treadmill Run // 15 minutes
- Tiny Treadmill Run // 10 minutes
- Ten Minute Run
- Twelve Minute Run
- Fourteen Minute Run
- Comeback Run // 15 minutes
- Thirteen Minute Run
- Eleven Minute Run
- Nine Minute Run
- One Minute Run
- Eight Minute Run
- Six Minute Run
- 555 Seconds Run // 9 minutes and 15 seconds
- Fuel the Run with Shalane // 33 minutes
- 3K Walk Backs // 3k meters
- Fifteen Minute Headstarts // 15 minutes
- A New Run // 25 minutes
- Today’s 30 Minute Walk // 30 minutes
- First Long Run // 35 minutes
- unguided run // 20 minutes
- Next Run // 22 minutes
- Fifteen Minute Run
- Running for More: Purpose // 20 minutes
- Celebration Run // 25 minutes
- Tough Day Easy Run // 20 minutes
- First Run // 20 minutes
- Running for More: Connections // 25 minutes
How is my plank challenge going, you ask. After I missed three days, I had to stop with the make up days. Three planks times three plus minutes each is just too much for one day. Instead I am just going to target one two minute plank per strength workout.
Much more manageable.
| Day 1: 10 seconds | Day 2: 20 seconds | Day 3: 30 seconds | Day 4: 40 seconds | Day 5: 50 seconds |
| Day 6: 1 minute (60 seconds) | Day 7: 70 seconds | Day 8: 80 seconds | Day 9: 90 seconds | Day 10: 100 seconds |
| Day 11: 110 seconds | Day 12: 2 minutes (120 seconds) | Day 13: 130 seconds | Day 14: 140 seconds | Day 15: 150 seconds |
| Day 16: 160 seconds | Day 17: 170 seconds | Day 18: 3 minutes (180 seconds) | Day 19: 190 seconds | Day 20: 200 seconds |
| Day 21: 210 seconds | Day 22: 220 seconds | Day 23: 230 seconds | Day 24: 4 minutes (240 seconds) | Day 25: 250 seconds |
| Day 26: 260 seconds | Day 27: 270 seconds | Day 28: 280 seconds | Day 29: 290 seconds | Day 30: 5 minutes (300 seconds) |
from Healthline.com
Let’s meet back here next week, same time same place, for a check in?