Day 172: In Between

I should be doing crunches or working out with Dumb and Dumber. Instead, I just finished the leftover Maggiano’s Rigatoni D that Mr. T brought me from a work lunch. It’s my favorite and he knows it.

I’m kind of in a holding pattern as far as training goes. I’m not ready to start training for the 26.2 miles I will face at the NODM on June 6. I should be training for the Mercer Island half on March 21st, but the race will fall in the middle of my NODM schedule, so I’m not worried about it. I realize I should be at least a teeny bit worried if I want to PR at Mercer Island, but I’m not. I’m kind of like, whatevs.

I think it’s because I’m in between. I don’t want to start training too early and get burnt out, but I also don’t want to be unprepared.

I decided that I am basically going to follow an 18-week Hal Higdon plan and alter it to fit my work/life schedule. I want to throw some speed work in there somewhere, somehow. If you have suggestions for that, let me know. Here’s what my basic plan will look like (Sunday-Saturday):

Week 1 (Jan. 31-Feb. 6): rest, 5 m run, cross, 1 m run + strength, rest, 3 m run, 6 m run = 15m
Week 2 (Feb. 7-13): rest, 5 m run, cross, 1 m run + strength, rest, 3 m run, 7 m run = 16m
Week 3 (Feb. 14-20): rest, 5 m run, cross, 2 m run + strength, 3 m run, 5 m run = 15m
Week 4 (Feb. 21-27): rest, 5 m run, cross, 2 m run + strength, rest, 3 m run, 9 m run = 19m
Week 5 (Feb. 28-Mar. 6): rest, 6 m run, cross, 2 m run + strength, rest, 3 m run, 10 m run = 21m
Week 6 (Mar. 7-13): rest, 6 m run, cross, 2 m run + strength, rest, 3 m run, 7 m run = 18m
Week 7 (Mar. 14-20): rest, 6 m run, cross, 2 m run + strength, rest, 4 m run, rest = 12m
Week 8 (Mar. 21-27): MI HALF 13 m race!, rest, cross, 2 m run + strength, rest, 3 m run, 6 m run  = 25m
Week 9 (Mar. 28-April 3): rest, 7 m run, cross, 2 m run + strength, rest, 4 m run, 11 m run = 24m
Week 10 (April 4-10): rest, 7 m run, cross, 2 m run + strength, rest, easy 5 m run, 15 m run = 29m
Week 11 (April 11-17): rest, 7 m run, 3 m run, 2 m run + strength, rest, easy 5 m run, 16 m run = 32m
Week 12 (April 18-24): rest, 7 m run, 3 m run, 2 m run + strength, rest, 5 m run, 12 m run = 29m
Week 13 (April 25-May 1): rest, 7 m run, 3 m run, 3 m run, rest, easy 5 m run, 18 m run = 36m
Week 14 (May 2-8): rest, 7 m run, 3 m run, 3 m run, rest, easy 5 m run, 14 m run = 32m
Week 15 (May 9-15): rest, 10 m run, 3 m run, 3 m run, rest, easy 2 m run, 20 m run = 38m
Week 16 (May 16-22): rest, 7 m run, cross, 3 m run, rest, 5 m run, 12 m run = 27m
Week 17 (May 23-29): rest, 6 m run, cross, 1 m run + strength, rest, 6 m run, 8 m run = 21m
Week 18 (May 30-June 5): rest, 3 m run, 2 m run, 2 m run, rest, easy 2 m run, rest = 9m
JUNE 6: NODM 26.2 m race!

Whew! I hadn’t actually had it all figured out till now. Okay…now I’m worried.