I’m
about 10 days out from my last marathon of the year and while I’m looking
forward to knocking out one more good race in Memphis, I’m really much more
excited about 2016 training! In fact not only do I
have my 2016 training spreadsheet finished (see last post), I also have my 2016
running miles and workouts entered all the way through June! Now while I’d like to take full credit for
that one, the credit is really due to Bill who found the plans and will be
working through them with me. I’m very
excited to have the structure in place and a solid plan to work though, and it
makes it even better I’ll have Bill to train with this year! I did a large portion of my training solo
last year and I tend to overdo it when not kept in check, Bill does a great job
of talking sense into me.
The first plan we are
working through has a considerable drop in weekly mileage compared to what I am
used to and I’m going to use that to my advantage. With the compounding injuries over the last
year, the drop in mileage is hopefully going to take care of many of those lingering
issues. Along with the mileage drop I’ll
also have much more time to spend on cross training and specifically strength
training and core work. I’m really going to make it a focus over the
winter months to spend a lot more time in the gym preparing my body for the
pounding it will take once the mileage ramps up. As a bonus I’ll also get to work in more
biking and swimming in anticipation of triathlon season next year… even though
last year I only got two tris in I would like to fit at least 4 of them in to
the 2016 schedule if at all possible.
I’ll go into a quick overview
of my plan to date. First I will finish off my last race at the Memphis
Marathon on December 5th, depending on how I feel there I will take
anywhere from 3-10 days off for recovery.
At that point I’ll hop onto a 5K training plan with Bill that will go
until the end of January finishing at the Iowa Games Winter 5K in Dubuque. There will be a two week “break” which mileage
is yet to be determined and then I’ll start up the spring marathon plan that
will last from Mid-February until June of this year where myself and about 30
others from Dubuque will run Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, MN.
2016 is certainly
looking to be a very fun year and I’ll keep you posted as things move along!
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