If you are planning on running the 5K race Week #3 looks like this:
- Monday – walk
- Tuesday – 1.5 mile run
- Wednesday – walk
- Thursday – .5 mile run
- Friday – rest
- Saturday – 1.5 mile run
- Sunday 25-55 minute walk
Total mileage = 4 miles
If you are planning on running the Half Marathon race Week #3 looks like this:
- Monday – cross train
- Tuesday – 3 .5 mile run
- Wednesday – 2 mile run or cross train
- Thursday – 3.5 mile run and weights
- Friday – rest
- Saturday – 40 min cross train
- Sunday – 5 mile run
Total mileage = 14 mile
Week #3 Training Tips Nutrition:
Before your runs try a slice of whole wheat bread with peanut butter. Then add a banana on top. Give it a try. You will be satisfied!
Week #3 Training Tips Running:
Dress in layers, a stocking hat, your smart wool socks and your gloves/mittens.
Week #3 Challenge:
Get some stairs in. Don’t take the elevator ever. Try to climb as many stairs as you possible. START & FINISH all your runs this week with the Primary School Stairs.
Team Training Group Run:
Thursday 3-02-2011 at 6 PM. Meet at the top of Main Street by the Primary School stairs. Dress appropriately for an outside run in the dark (safety gear like reflectors, blinking lights and yak tracks might be in order).
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall!”
-Emerson
If you have some training adventures or misadventures, please share with us either in a comment here or as a post with pictures on the Lodi Mother’s Day Run Facebook page.
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Joe Bainbridge
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