FredtheDuck
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- Joined
- Mar 2, 2017
Just a quick update to say that I've been in contact with Coach. I think we're going to switch me to five days a week running for the next plan. The only way I can get my runs in routinely during the week is to run in the morning, but I only have an hour to give to it (I'm at work at 7:30 AM and have an hour commute... I know some people can do it, but getting up BEFORE 5:00 AM to run was a jump I'm not ready to make yet). I want to continue to improve and build fitness and endurance, so it seemed like maybe upping days was a logical next step. We'll see how I feel about it when the plan actually starts...
The plan right now is for me to do 4 weekdays (prob M T Th F) and get my LR in on Saturday before my kiddo has her gymnastics class. Saturday is my day to "sleep in," so that goes out the window, but whatever, that's how it'll have to work. My husband, who is also a DB runner, is sticking with 4x/week because that's what his new work schedule can accommodate, and will do his LRs on Sunday (So he'll run something like W, F, Sa, Su).
A couple of random thoughts about this:
- Maybe running 4x weekdays will be better on my schedule because I'll basically just get up at 5:00 every day during the week (thinking that one weekday rest day will be yoga). More consistency in schedule then, including in what time I go to sleep.
- I think @MoanasPapa was smart to be realistic with his schedule and not push to do 5x/week just because I am. He has more time on Fri (he teleworks that day, so no commute time) so the only day he'll have a strict time limit is his W run.
- As much as I love running with @MoanasPapa, I'm glad we're splitting up for LRs. Why? Because he's faster than me, and when we run together he runs at my slower pace. He's never made me feel like I was holding him back, but in my mind I always felt a little bad. This will give him the chance to perform to his potential.
- I'm glad we have a treadmill now. I'm still having such trouble with my breathing in the colder temps... I don't think adding another day would have been something I'd be willing to consider until temps during my running times got back into the high 30s.
- I am a little worried about having only one rest day after my LRs. I'm generally OK at hitting my LR paces, I'll just have to make sure I'm extra good about hitting the pace the first day back after the LR.
- I'm grateful to DB for being willing to write two divergent plans for us now that we're moving away from training together.
The plan right now is for me to do 4 weekdays (prob M T Th F) and get my LR in on Saturday before my kiddo has her gymnastics class. Saturday is my day to "sleep in," so that goes out the window, but whatever, that's how it'll have to work. My husband, who is also a DB runner, is sticking with 4x/week because that's what his new work schedule can accommodate, and will do his LRs on Sunday (So he'll run something like W, F, Sa, Su).
A couple of random thoughts about this:
- Maybe running 4x weekdays will be better on my schedule because I'll basically just get up at 5:00 every day during the week (thinking that one weekday rest day will be yoga). More consistency in schedule then, including in what time I go to sleep.
- I think @MoanasPapa was smart to be realistic with his schedule and not push to do 5x/week just because I am. He has more time on Fri (he teleworks that day, so no commute time) so the only day he'll have a strict time limit is his W run.
- As much as I love running with @MoanasPapa, I'm glad we're splitting up for LRs. Why? Because he's faster than me, and when we run together he runs at my slower pace. He's never made me feel like I was holding him back, but in my mind I always felt a little bad. This will give him the chance to perform to his potential.
- I'm glad we have a treadmill now. I'm still having such trouble with my breathing in the colder temps... I don't think adding another day would have been something I'd be willing to consider until temps during my running times got back into the high 30s.
- I am a little worried about having only one rest day after my LRs. I'm generally OK at hitting my LR paces, I'll just have to make sure I'm extra good about hitting the pace the first day back after the LR.
- I'm grateful to DB for being willing to write two divergent plans for us now that we're moving away from training together.