Friday, December 19, 2008

Plans for the next year

Winter (Dec 08-Feb 09)

Can't do a whole lot of interesting stuff since it's terrible outside. Main goal is to keep in shape and build up some strength with weightlifting and pushups/pullups.
  • Running: 2-5 mi, 3x a week. Goals: none
  • Pullups: armstrong, 5x week. Goal: 3 pullups by March 1st
  • Strength: 3x week. Goals: none
Spreadsheet here.

Spring (March-May 09)

As the weather starts getting better, it should be easier to go for runs. Main goal is speed, with a 5k race in late May/early June. The 27 min goal should be pretty doable, but I've never actually trained for a 5k so it should be interesting. Also want to build a good base for marathon training later, so I'll throw in some longer runs. Starting in March or April I can bike to work again (assuming I'm working at home).
  • Running: Long runs of 5-7 miles, weather permitting, + some kind of speedwork training program. Goal: 27 min 5k by June 1st.
  • Strength: 3x week. Goal: 27 min 5k
  • Pullups: Training sets 5x week to keep max of 3. Goals: none
Summer (June-Sept 09)

Training for Chicago Marathon in early october. (about 18 wks) I'd really like to run a marathon under 5hrs, we'll see what I think about that number closer to summer.

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