Thursday, August 13, 2009

Training program

I wouldn't have the foggiest of ideas of how to train for a 10km run.
Enter Kerre Woodham's book and the beginners training guide at the back.
Looks simple enough - it starts off easy with walking and then adding 5 minutes of running in each time for the first month or so. I don't want to shock my body into running too quickly - tends to lead to loss of motivation and ending up back on the couch where I started.

So my training for the next 6 weeks (will highlight when accomplished, so I can track how angelic/lazy I've been).

Week 1: 10-15th August
Tuesday - Walk 20min
Thursday - Walk 20min
Saturday - Walk 15, run 5 (made up for this with an extra week 2 session)

Week 2: 17 - 23rd August
Monday - Walk 20
Tuesday - Walk 20, run 5
Thursday - Walk 15, run 5
Saturday - Walk 15, run 5

Week 3: 24 - 30th August
Monday - Walk 5, run 5
Tuesday - Walk 15, run 10
Thursday - Walk 15, run 5
Saturday - Walk 15, run 5

Week 4: 31st August - 6th September
Monday - Walk 5, run 5
Tuesday - Walk 20, run 5
Thursday - Walk 15, run 5
Saturday - Walk 20, run 5

Week 5: 7 - 13th September
Monday - Walk 5, run 5
Tuesday - Walk 20, run 5
Wednesday - Walk 10, run 10
Friday - Walk 10, run 10
Saturday - Walk 15, run 10

Week 6: 14 - 20th September
Monday - run 10
Tuesday - Walk 20, run 10
Thursday - Walk 20, run 10
Saturday - Walk 20, run 10

Well that doesn't look too daunting, does it?

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