And I have a plan

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It’s almost exactly 17 weeks until the Boulder Backroads Marathon/Half-Marathon. Since the marathon experience was not fun, but the first half was beautiful, I just registered for the Half-Marathon. It is sad but true that for me motivation follows the money. The exorbitant fee was paid to register & thus I need a training plan.

I modified a 17 week training plan to fit my Tuesday and Thursday Bikram Yoga schedule. Since I haven’t been running much, this plan should ease me back in without injury. There is not much strength training here but I really want to give the Bikram at least twice a week. I know some folks do well with multiple training session per day, but I need to be honest with myself. What is the minimum that I need to get me ready for this run? What will I realistically commit to and stick with? I know that I need to run at least 3 days a week: some sort of long run, some sort of tempo/hill run and some sort of plain vanilla run.

Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun
1 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 3 miles
2 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 4 miles
3 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 5 miles
4 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 6 miles
5 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 7 miles
6 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 8 miles
7 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 9 miles
8 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 5 miles
9 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 10 miles
10 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 5-6 miles
11 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 11-12 miles
12 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 5-6 miles
13 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 12-13 miles
14 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 14-15 miles
15 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 5K Race
16 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off 7 miles
17 walk/xt 40 min Bikram tempo run 30-45 min Bikram run 30-45 min off Race Day

This plan starts officially on Monday. I will weigh and measure tomorrow AM (yeah for PMS), likely get a short run in and goto Bikram in the afternoon.