Anything wrong with this base idea?

I think it's good and will save a lot of mental energy and motivation as well. One thing I would suggest planning is down weeks. Without clear outline you might just feel good, feel good until you are in trouble. Just plan to cut some volume every 3 weeks and you will be ok.

I'm in the same bucket dude, I just planned like 10 weeks of mileage and then I was like "maybe I should just go more by feel"

Not sure what to do there but I think the best Idea for us is to just, use our plans as a guideline. Get out and run most days but maybe some days ya just bust out the tempo and other days it just has to be easy, or you want to do some repeats at LT that day. Maybe at the most plan the day before if you want to do some intervals but nothing too serious.

I'm gonna try and tinker with that and I'm sure I'll see what you're doing in your training logs too, I'd be happy to bounce off each other throughout the winter.

For sure. I plan on doubling more this winter as I said. With online school it makes it much easier and more enjoyable.

coleiolio wrote:

Originally I was planning on outlining workouts and planning everything, but I find that I can get a bit excessive with that sort of thing. Is there anything wrong with just doubling 4-5 days a week, busting out a tempo or progression run when I feel good + strides most days. Mileage would obviously vary, but I am sure I will be higher than I was before. Then maybe when I get closer to track I can start planning specific workout days? I haven’t doubled more than two days a week before and I am assuming I will be on tired legs for the first couple of weeks, but surely I will adapt.

This is an excellent approach.

Yes, this is absolutely perfect. Not being sarcastic either. I mean it.

hobby coach wrote:

coleiolio wrote:

Originally I was planning on outlining workouts and planning everything, but I find that I can get a bit excessive with that sort of thing. Is there anything wrong with just doubling 4-5 days a week, busting out a tempo or progression run when I feel good + strides most days. Mileage would obviously vary, but I am sure I will be higher than I was before. Then maybe when I get closer to track I can start planning specific workout days? I haven’t doubled more than two days a week before and I am assuming I will be on tired legs for the first couple of weeks, but surely I will adapt.

This is an excellent approach.

Its an organic approach. Every two weeks, though I'd get on the track and run 12 to 20 150 to 300m accelerations.

There is a middle ground where you write up a rough outline (i.e. going aim to 70mpw with. a 50mpw down week every 3rd week, 2 workouts/week of some variations) without trying to get super specific. It doesn't matter if you run 6 miles on tuesday or 8. It doesn't matter if you do a 25 min tempo run or if you 5x1 mile of cruise intervals.

For sure. Either way I know I will be feeling good at least 2-3x a week, so I know I will still get higher end aerobic work in. I also plan on doing the 150-300s malmo suggests biweekly, along with strides to keep turnover there.