Winter 2010 - 2011 training schedule:
Women's & RNR Half Marathons:
Disney & Houston Marathons (full and half): Definitions:
- Easy - a nice slow pace where you can easily converse with someone else. No huffing or puffing.
- Tempo - a pace where you split your run into thirds. The first third will be easy pace, second third should be a pace where it is difficult to converse and last third is back to easy pace.
- Long Run - your weekend run that will range from 3 to 12 for halfers or 3 - 21 for fullers.
- Cross Train -
any other form of aerobic exercise that allows you to use slightly different muscles while resting (usually) the day after your long run. Examples are swimming, cycling or core/weight training.
- Negative split - this is when you run the second half of your run faster than the first half.
- Rest - day with no activity so that you can recover before/after your long run.
- Race pace - pace you plan to run at your event.
If you're training for a 5:00 hour marathon, your average pace per mile is 11:30 minutes.
- Training pace - a pace that is 1 to 1.5 minutes slower than your race pace. It should be a slow and steady pace where conversation is not difficult.
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