Training Week 1

I'm not calling this Marathon Training - just Training for now!  Maybe I'll get inspired to sign up for another marathon, but for now, I'm just training to be a better runner.

I'm leaning heavily towards changing my rest days.  If I was planning on doing the really long runs (15 miles or more) I would want a rest day after it, but since I'm not going to run those distances I think I'll be okay with an easy run the day after a long run.

Here's what the plan looks like:

Your training kicks off with a day of rest. This week includes three easy, short runs; one run on hills; and two days of rest. On Saturday, your first long, slow distance (LSD) run will be 10 miles.

If you want to add miles, do it on an easy day. But don't extend any run by more than one or two miles, or add miles on Friday (the day before your long run).

Sunday:  Rest Day
Monday: 4 Miles Easy (pace 10:04)
Tuesday:  4 Miles Hills (no planned pace)
Wednesday:  Rest Day
Thursday: 4 Miles Easy (pace 10:04)
Friday:  4 Miles Easy (pace 10:04)
Saturday:  10 Miles LSD (pace 10:04-11:04)

Planned total:  26 miles

Here's what I'm planning:

Sunday:  4 Miles Easy (pace 10:04)
Monday: Rest Day
Tuesday:  4 Miles Hills (no planned pace)
Wednesday:  4 Miles Easy (pace 10:04)
Thursday: 4 Miles Easy (pace 10:04)
Friday:  Rest Day
Saturday:  10 Miles LSD (pace 10:04-11:04)

I like the idea of a rest day on Monday.  Sundays are busy and I'm usually on my feet a lot.  This also puts me on a similar schedule with Les - he usually rides Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.