Thanks for the thought Holden. Depending on how things go, I may be considering a trail race like Sunmart or something in the Fall. Besides that, my ultimate goal race is the Houston marathon '08. Of course, there are plenty little goals along the way but they are all secondary to Houston.
Thanks for the good words Matt and David. I understand what you are saying. Like I said, my goal race is the Houston marathon 2008. I know from last year that I have time to do that so I'm not worried about the past couple of months and the time I've taken off. I think the thing that I need to come to grips with is that SMART may or may not be the training program for me. No doubt, given continued weight loss from January through present and a proper recovery from the marathon, I would be in good shape to jump right into SMART. But, I'm afraid that my brief lapse may have precluded me from being ready for SMART full time. Coach tells me that I need to be to 25 mpw with a 10 mile long run and one quality workout per week (I guess besides the long run), then I should be dandy for SMART. To be clear, coach never told me I COULDN'T do SMART but I think he's looking out for me and doesn't want me to get into something where I would risk injury. But to be honest, SMART may not be the best program for me right now. For sure, SMART IS THE BEST PROGRAM IN TOWN!!! but I'm not sure my body can take it and stay injury-free.
All this is worry about SMART or not SMART is really a moot point. The goal is to run the marathon, not to participate in any particular training program. There's really no reason to fret. The fact of the matter is that I love running with the Striders and I can do that no matter what program I'm in. The good thing about a program like Houston Fit is that I'm likely to find some runners at about my pace that I can do long runs with. Anyway, I'll see how the next 8 or so weeks go. I've a tempo run planned for tomorrow, an easy 4 miler on Thursday and on Saturday, if I don't get paged, I'm going to do 10, a slow 10 but 10 nonetheless. That should be 20-22 miles for the week. I'll try to get through this week healthy and after that, I should feel better about things.
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I don't have any words of wisdom other than to keep it up. This much I know, keeping up the running now in moderately uncomfortable weather will serve you well in July and August when you're acclimated.
It took me a while to come up with my own plan for this time of year. I finally settled on one long run (Saturdays) and the others would be varying intensity of interval runs.
Each of us is different though. Our Saturday runs are 8/10/12 miles then back down to 8 again so that every 3rd week is a bit of a recovery.
Hey Vic,
Don't know if you can do SMART this year, but didn't know if you could train for and complete a marathon last year. If you want to have a go we're ready, but you need that good base mileage under you to prepare and minimize the chance of injury. What you're doing now keeps all of your options open.
Steeeve
Hey who is this other Matt. If he is a barber I am hiring ha ha. Matt W.....
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