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jayfurrToday is 'running day' -- in other words, the day I need to get my butt to the indoor track over at the gym and run another 3.125 miles. My improvised training plan for running may seem self-evident (or stupid) to experienced runners, but what I'm planning is:
That's pretty much it.
Until the snow clears from Vermont roads, I can't really run outdoors, not out where I live in the sticks. We have NO SHOULDERS when the snow is piled high and we have no dedicated running-biking-walking trails that far out in the country.
I grant you that I could go downstairs and run on the treadmill in my company's fitness center, but my experience has been that it's a lot easier to keep moving when you're on a treadmill than it is to keep hauling it around an actual track. I could obviously set the treadmill for a 6.2 mph pace and just have at it, but I'm trying to accustom myself to the actual work of running... and not just do a treadmill workout. So, for the time being, it's the gym.
Come the warm weather, if it ever comes (and locals don't have to have me explain that, but if you don't live in Vermont: this has been just about our snowiest winter on record), I plan to try running to town. My house is 3.1 miles away (counting our driveway) from "downtown" Richmond, VT along a moderately hilly two-lane paved road (Route 2) and I'd love to be able to walk out my front door, bounce thoughtfully on the balls of my feet, and then take off running... arriving at the stoplight "downtown" less than a half hour later. You can see the intended route here.
Any experienced runner would go "Pfaugh, is that all?" I'm not an experienced runner. I'm a 43-year-old man who can walk at 4+ miles an hour for essentially an unlimited amount of time but I've never been a runner. I love to bicycle and kayak and hike, and my endurance is good, but my ability to function at really high cardiovascular fitness levels just isn't there.
Yet.
- run a 5K every other day on the indoor track
- try to run as many laps in a row as I can before having to slow down and walk a lap
- try to exceed 30 minutes each time
That's pretty much it.
Until the snow clears from Vermont roads, I can't really run outdoors, not out where I live in the sticks. We have NO SHOULDERS when the snow is piled high and we have no dedicated running-biking-walking trails that far out in the country.
I grant you that I could go downstairs and run on the treadmill in my company's fitness center, but my experience has been that it's a lot easier to keep moving when you're on a treadmill than it is to keep hauling it around an actual track. I could obviously set the treadmill for a 6.2 mph pace and just have at it, but I'm trying to accustom myself to the actual work of running... and not just do a treadmill workout. So, for the time being, it's the gym.
Come the warm weather, if it ever comes (and locals don't have to have me explain that, but if you don't live in Vermont: this has been just about our snowiest winter on record), I plan to try running to town. My house is 3.1 miles away (counting our driveway) from "downtown" Richmond, VT along a moderately hilly two-lane paved road (Route 2) and I'd love to be able to walk out my front door, bounce thoughtfully on the balls of my feet, and then take off running... arriving at the stoplight "downtown" less than a half hour later. You can see the intended route here.
Any experienced runner would go "Pfaugh, is that all?" I'm not an experienced runner. I'm a 43-year-old man who can walk at 4+ miles an hour for essentially an unlimited amount of time but I've never been a runner. I love to bicycle and kayak and hike, and my endurance is good, but my ability to function at really high cardiovascular fitness levels just isn't there.
Yet.
