Plan for 2011

Planned Training Plan

1. 12 weeks or so Aerobic Base Building through February. Trying to go longer. Maybe up to 14+ for long run. 40+ for week. Tuesday/Friday Steady State "workout" runs.

2. 6 weeks Hills. Tuesday/Friday hill workouts. 2 weeks each of High Knees, Bounding, then Springing.

3. 11 weeks 5k training based on the Younger Legs 5k plan.

4. 10 weeks 1-mile training leading into 5th Ave Mile in September.

Planned Races (Goal)

Apr Lost Brook 10-mile Trail Race, Tenafly Nature Center (Good Hard Effort - No Bonk!)
Apr Muddy Half Marathon (Avoid the DNF!)
Apr-Sep 5k Wednesday Cross Country Series (Mostly Tempo - Sometimes Racing)
Jun Tenafly 5k (6:00-pace)
Jun Bloomfield Sunset Classic 5-mile Road Race (Course PR: 31:20)
Aug Mahlon Mayhem 25k Trail Race (Start & Finish)
Sep Closter 5k (18:0?)
Sep 5th Avenue Mile (5:00 or better)
Oct Mountain Madness 25k (Start & Finish)

We'll see how it goes!

Fall 5Ks

Ran a couple 5ks this fall. 19:31 in Norwood on a flat course. 19:22 in Montclair on a tough course. Was following the 11 week 5k plan pretty closely with a goal of running a final one in early December. But I got sick and just seemed like I needed a break after the Montclair race in mid-November. So just starting up again and will spend the winter base building.