Week 1

I'm loving all of your posts! It's fun to hear what you guys are up to and how well training is going for each of you. It's definitely a good tool to hold each of us accountable to commit to our training and follow through to the end. It's inspiring me, anyway!

This is how Week 1 looked for me: kick-off training with a 4.01 mile run Thursday, cycling for 60 minutes on Friday, and finished the week with a 2.98 mile run on Saturday.

I've been using Nike+ since June, and Nike has a great online community where you post runs and can choose training schedules for your level/race. Your iPod records the run, and then you can analyze it online, which I love. I tried linking my training page to this blog so you could see what I'm working on, but it didn't work. I used a Nike+ training plan when I ran the 5k last summer, and the only downside that I'm seeing is that the runs are pretty sporadic in the beginning of the plan. There's a heavy emphasis on cross-training (which is important I think), but according to the plan, I don't have another run schedule until Wednesday. I'm sneaking a short one in today though :)... Nike+ also has workouts with their training plans to supplement the runs; if I can, I'll link those up as well.


Week 2 Training Schedule:

• Sunday (yesterday), rest
• Monday (today), 2 mile run, weights
• Tuesday, cycling for 60 minutes and weights
• Wednesday, 4.01, post-run back workout (from the Nike+ training plan)
• Thursday, 30 minute elliptical
• Friday, 2.98 mile run, post-run myrtle workout (Nike+)
• Saturday, 4.01 mile run, post-run back workout (Nike+)