so yeah. marathon. 30 weeks.
i'm going with hal higdon's 18 week novice program and started this week with his 12 week spring training. it's an interesting thing going at this the second time around. in my head i know i can do it. no fear there. but i know just how much it can suck. and just how hard it can be. but i also know where my weak points are and already have an arsenal of tricks up my sleeve to correct those.
plus this time around, i won't be waiting tables! that's a huge relief for my feet and lower body. although to some degree i'm sure that all the walking i did waitressing probably did some good, especially on those training days i skipped. but in the end, i think it's best that i reserve the time on my feet for
i'm excited, guys! like really really excited!
on another note, sg and i just came back from dc where he took the preliminary test for the capitol police. they said that on average about 70 people show up for the test. this time, there were over 300! and they hold 3 a month! so the candidate pool is much larger than normal. we will know in 2 weeks or so if he passed and from there we go to step 2.
they also gave us what he would be tested on physically and how to gauge his current level of fitness with what they of expect their top candidates. let's just say we have a lot of work to do. but it's totally doable. and now that we know exactly what he needs to do, we can totally train for it.
i'm training him for a 5k in about 8 weeks. 3 days of running and 2 days of jillian's shred. i think we'll work in one day of speed training because he has to get his 1.5 mile time down to AT LEAST 13:50. and he'll totally have to get on board with the 100 pushups challenge. from what my friend who is on the force has told me, they love running and pushups!
my boyfriend is gonna be so buff!
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Sound like you've got a great plan for the BF all figured out! And it sounds like it will be fun!
I've had great success following that marathon program. I hope it works as well for you too. Glad to see the running furnace is still firing.
Even though I'm no where NEAR a marathon guru- I found that psychologically, the second marathon was sooo much easier than the first! All the nervousness about what to expect is gone, all the fear of not being able to finish is gone. Even the wall isn't so bad the second time around because your body has been through it once. Like you said, you can prepare for the 'weak' areas (in my case, I switched from gels to bloks, which made me much much happier!). I also used Higdon's beginner program and even though I modified it so I only had to do about 2/3 of it (lazy!), it worked for me! Let me know the speedwork goes. I still don't mind running slowly, but to have to run 1.5 in 13.5? Ugh!
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