Wow, since snowpacalypes 2011 I have been too busy to get any runs in. That is sad…and pathetic. Really, there will never be, and has never been, time to get runs in. So, now that phase two of my marathon training plan has started (this is the first week of phase 2) I have no more wiggle room, and I have to make the time-like it or not.
My training plan has 3 phases. The first was to get a base going with short runs, nightly stretches, and core workouts. I started strong, but things ended when I had to take a week to clear trees, keep power going, and tend to the other insanity that inevitably crops up as a result of 9 days without power.
After that, worked kicked in, and a vacation popped up on the horizon as well. Where did that come from? Anyway, work is busy as ever, and I’m also doing a bit of remodeling work at a house for my grandparents. Between that and all the kid activities, there is just no time to run. So what am I going to do? Actively make time to run. I’m not going to let this year pass me by. last year was pathetic. Without a goal race I just let the year go, blah.
Phase 2 of my training plan has me building up the distance slowly to get to a spring half marathon. Then phase 3 kicks in to prep me for the longer miles needed to make my marathon distance. The third phase builds off the second phase and starts adding speed work and other niceties. The good news is that the first phase had some wiggle room in it, and although I don’t have as strong a base as I wanted going into phase II, this still hasn’t interrupted the overall training plan. Taking any more time off would really change that and put my marathon training in jeopardy.
I started the year off with a short run, and I hope this will get 2012 off to a great start.