I'm in college (club runner - no coach). Track season ends at the end of March. XC ends mid-November, so if I take 2 weeks off after track and use 6-8 weeks at the end of XC to sharpen, then I still have to build a 20-22 week base. If I follow the schedule below for 20-22 weeks and then use 6 weeks to sharpen, will that work?
M- CV
T - medium-long
W - easy
T- tempo @ marathon pace
F - easy
S - long run
S - recovery
~70-80 miles per week
Depends. How long is your hypotenuse?
You want to be consistent. Keep logging those miles.
bigbigbase wrote:
I'm in college (club runner - no coach). Track season ends at the end of March. XC ends mid-November, so if I take 2 weeks off after track and use 6-8 weeks at the end of XC to sharpen, then I still have to build a 20-22 week base. If I follow the schedule below for 20-22 weeks and then use 6 weeks to sharpen, will that work?
M- CV
T - medium-long
W - easy
T- tempo @ marathon pace
F - easy
S - long run
S - recovery
~70-80 miles per week
If you were to go the Lydiard route you'd end the base phase 4-6 weeks sooner and do a hill phase before moving on to sharpen.
I spy a NIRCA runner! It's a terrible season/championship schedule we've got to deal with, but that kind of mileage will put you in a good place for Nats no matter what.
What do we have, 11 weeks? I just started building a base and I'm running out of time!
bigbigbase wrote:
I'm in college (club runner - no coach). Track season ends at the end of March. XC ends mid-November, so if I take 2 weeks off after track and use 6-8 weeks at the end of XC to sharpen, then I still have to build a 20-22 week base. If I follow the schedule below for 20-22 weeks and then use 6 weeks to sharpen, will that work?
M- CV
T - medium-long
W - easy
T- tempo @ marathon pace
F - easy
S - long run
S - recovery
~70-80 miles per week
Honestly, I think you could run that week you just posted for years and keep improving.
Most people overcomplicate training. Just run a lot of easy miles. Do a long run (and medium long run is a super bonus). Run a bunch of miles around tempo pace. Do some races.
Rinse and repeat.