So, my issue is this: my 5k season runs from now until May 20th (target race), so I am in a ten week 5k Pfitz plan.
My fall marathon training starts June 4th - 18 week Plan A.
Plan A calls for a speed section of 6 weeks from weeks 18 to 12 (counting down).
However, I would have not long finished with 10 weeks of 5k training and racing...
So, do I:
Do the speed training anyway or replace it with something else? Maybe just building the miles and strides?
If you can answer this riddle, apparently you're a psychopath.
Just do the 5k as you have planned. Take a couple down weeks after and then jump into the marathon plan at week 15 or 16. During the down weeks just do some speed maintenance instead of full workouts.
training for the marathon is not like building a pizza where you can just throw on a handful of Jalapenos and turn it into something else. you can't just take published training plans and bolt them together as though they were Lego bricks or something and expect a PB to pop out the end like some magic child's toy.
it doesn't work like that.
training is a long term endeavour. it takes patience, and commitment, and dedication and focus on a goal. you can't just flit from one thing to another like some woman at a department store makeup counter trying out new shades of lipstick.
make a decision.
what is it that you are training for?
then build a program that takes you from where you are to whatever it is you want, and along the way you can run some races at other distances but you have to always bear in mind that they are not the goal.
on the other hand, if you don't want to do that, if you just want to flit through life like some lost butterfly dancing from one flower to another drinking in the nectar where you can find it then there is no problem to solve and your question is irrelevant. just run. do speedwork when you feel like it, run a marathon off 5k training. achieve nothing.
cheers.
Pappy wrote:
Just do the 5k as you have planned. Take a couple down weeks after and then jump into the marathon plan at week 15 or 16. During the down weeks just do some speed maintenance instead of full workouts.
Thank you.
Cottonshirt wrote:
training for the marathon is not like building a pizza where you can just throw on a handful of Jalapenos and turn it into something else. you can't just take published training plans and bolt them together as though they were Lego bricks or something and expect a PB to pop out the end like some magic child's toy.
it doesn't work like that.
training is a long term endeavour. it takes patience, and commitment, and dedication and focus on a goal. you can't just flit from one thing to another like some woman at a department store makeup counter trying out new shades of lipstick.
make a decision.
what is it that you are training for?
then build a program that takes you from where you are to whatever it is you want, and along the way you can run some races at other distances but you have to always bear in mind that they are not the goal.
on the other hand, if you don't want to do that, if you just want to flit through life like some lost butterfly dancing from one flower to another drinking in the nectar where you can find it then there is no problem to solve and your question is irrelevant. just run. do speedwork when you feel like it, run a marathon off 5k training. achieve nothing.
cheers.
Great way to twist the question to suit your narrative.
There is a full 21 weeks from the end of the 5k season before the marathon. On what planet is that not enough time to get ready for a marathon?
Thanks for nothing.
Cottonshirt wrote:
training for the marathon is not like building a pizza where you can just throw on a handful of Jalapenos and turn it into something else. you can't just take published training plans and bolt them together as though they were Lego bricks or something and expect a PB to pop out the end like some magic child's toy.
it doesn't work like that.
training is a long term endeavour. it takes patience, and commitment, and dedication and focus on a goal. you can't just flit from one thing to another like some woman at a department store makeup counter trying out new shades of lipstick.
make a decision.
what is it that you are training for?
then build a program that takes you from where you are to whatever it is you want, and along the way you can run some races at other distances but you have to always bear in mind that they are not the goal.
on the other hand, if you don't want to do that, if you just want to flit through life like some lost butterfly dancing from one flower to another drinking in the nectar where you can find it then there is no problem to solve and your question is irrelevant. just run. do speedwork when you feel like it, run a marathon off 5k training. achieve nothing.
cheers.
Great heckle. Particularly for someone that can’t use capital letters correctly.
Snooze Boy wrote:
Great heckle. Particularly for someone that can’t use capital letters correctly.
Did it occur to you that maybe he can't afford capital letters? Don't assume that everyone is as privileged as you.