I’ve signed up for 10 races through the end of November. 8 are 5K, 1 is 10K, and 1 is 1/3 marathon (both of those are in November, two weeks apart). I’ll sign up for a hot chocolate run in December once those are scheduled, and because that will put me at 11 for the year, I’ll find another one at some point to make it an even 12.
I feel like a 5K a month is a good goal to have, and I only sign up for runs that support causes I agree with.
This should keep me motivated to keep running for a while.
Didn’t run this weekend, have had a sour stomach since Friday. Have a 5K Saturday, so will probably run 5-6 miles twice this week and take Friday light or off.
I’ve been mulling over the goal of twelve 5ks this year. I’ve two down, and one each for the next two weekends. I’ve made a note of two for June and one for July, but I want to see how this upcoming ones go first. I’ve run a couple of times this past week, the calf still feels a bit off, but not painful. I had my physical this week, and while my numbers (other than weight) aren’t terrible, the trend is inching its way that direction. So upcoming 5k races might help keep me from falling off the exercise wagon (again).
To align with my monthly hard things goal, I want to try to run 100 miles this month. If I average 3.5 miles per day, I could get there. More realistically, I could run a 10k 4x per week.
From my own experience, that sounds like a recipe for injury if it’s much more than you already do. If you are already averaging around 60-80 miles in a month it’s probably fine but ramping up too quickly may lead to overuse injuries. By all means it’s possible but listening to the body is important if you start to feel some unusual pain.
100 miles is a lot. At that point you may as well be training for a marathon. Agree it is likely to get you injured in some way if you aren’t super careful.
that’s my target when I am active. Feb was 80 in 22 days. March was 133 in 31. April was 125 or so (I lost count somewhere). But if I can get 100 I know i was doing enough days and enough miles on those days to feel very active
100 a month is…not enough for a full marathon. i think the min to feel close to ready would have a floor around 130/mo. even if you did like 4 runs a week, you’d have one that was 15 (give or take) and 3 others taht get you the rest. But 40 a week is pretty easy if you are getting the actual long run in
if NA is at 70/month now (middle of your range) I think adding 10 a month isn’t that crazy. But jumping from 70 to 100 in one month (esp if you haven’t been near that volume in while) is a steep increase
I’m at around 85-90 a month right now, but am definitely cognizant of injury possibilities so am not going to put achieving a random number above how my body is feeling. And definitely plan to have many rest days in there.
half marathon training does not need anything longer than, say, 10 miles. some depends on your goals, but for most of us wanting to finish in one piece and maybe have a time goal - if you finish a 10mile training run and don’t immediately collapse (figuratively), there’s a good chance you will make it the last 5k just fine.
But since her goal is mainly just to finish, she may not want something even this hard. Anyway, FWIW, it has 12.5-14 miles as the long run in week 14, then 14-16 in week 16 and 16-19 in week 18.
I believe my original 15 and 17 were from some Galloway half marathon training program I have some half-marathon training schedules from at least 2 years ago in an Excel workbook. Two Jeff Galloway schedules (one with a 13 min mile goal pace, the other with a 10:41 min mile goal pace both had a 12 mile, 14 mile and 15 mile late in the schedule (separate weeks, not all 3 consecutive), but nothing over 15. Two Disney Galloway half schedules in that workbook didn’t go over 14 miles in a run. “Half Marathon for Women”’s (by Jeff Galloway and his wife) saved in the same workbook, for a 12 min mile goal pace includes 12, 13.5 and 15 for weeks 9, 11 and 13 of a 15 week schedule.
I had also saved the Intermediate half marathon training schedule from “The New Rules of Running” by Vijay Vad in that workbook. The Galloway schedules are all for 3 running days a week, plus unspecified cross training and some rest days. The Vad schedule is for 5 running days a week [Tues and Wed always easy; most of Fri easy] plus 2 off days. Its long run maxes at 12 miles, but because of the 5-day schedule maxes at 40 miles in a week.
I expect all the schedules intend the long runs to be done at an easy pace, but I didn’t record that.
Jeff Galloway schedules would always anticipate a strategy of alternating running and walking segments, typically from the beginning of each workout, perhaps run a minute, walk 30 seconds (with recommended segment lengths based on what overall pace you’re expecting)_.
Ah, I see. This might be more applicable for somebody who has run a half-marathon previously in their life (in training or competition) and is aiming for a PB at that distance. For somebody who is just trying to complete the distance for the first time, I believe like @tommie.frazier that a successful 10 mile training run should suffice.
The first Galloway schedule I linked to is for Beginners, with just a goal of “to finish”, and it includes long runs of 12.5 miles and 14 miles. But, as with all Galloway programs (and his suggestion for the actual race), he would not be advocating continuous running.
