I am just hot off 20-something week training schedule for my first marathon. I have been doing more structured running for last two years and it's paying off in terms of results. I've done 5 races this year (10K 41:02, Full 3:23:55) which were not bad results, after all. I'm looking forward to improve those times.
However, those 50-60 mile weeks for last few months left very little room for hills and social life. I've done few trail runs and few Munros, but not as much as I'd like to. Also, I did skip few meet ups with friends because of races or busy training schedules.
My primary goals:
- Stay injury free
- Get out on the hills over the winter
- Lose some weight (still a bit to work on, 5'10", 69kg)
- Stay relatively fit running wise throughout the winter
- Once winter is over, get more hill runs done and hopefully get into trail races. Maybe another training plan for Autumn half/full
My current thinking is to fit as many easy runs as possible during the week and get out on the weekends. The schedule would be something like:
Mon - recovery, 4-6 mi
Tue - speed/tempo, 8 mi total
Wed - recovery 4-6 mi
Thu - medium-long run, 10-15 mi
Fri - recovery 3-5 mi
Sat-Sun hills or long run (12-18 mi)
That brings me to 29-35 mpw + hills OR 41-63 mpw without hills. Realistically, I would drop few recovery runs when/if needed to catch up with friends/life/work.
Any advice?