Zippity Doo Dah - Running week of Jan. 18 2009

[OakLeaf]

Oh that's so exciting Minn! Do you run with your dad now?

[minn]

Unfortunately I am in Milwaukee and he's in Madison, but we do run together whenever I am home (about every other weekend). I plan on going home more often when the long runs get really long so that we can do them together on the course!

Kacie- you ended up hiring a coach? Do you feel like that was definitely helpful? I am most worried about the lack of tempo runs and timed hard/easy runs in Hal Higdon's plan. I plan on doing speedwork about once a week.

[kacie tri-ing]

Minn--

I was doing the intermediate plan from Hal Higdon. I actually got injured about 6 weeks in. I took some time to recover, and when I felt good again, I didn't know where to start. DH is a races cycling, and he had an awesome coach (who also coaches runner and triathletes). I had already met him a few times before I hired him. I think it did help me. He was able to ease me back into my training without going too hard or too easy. I did not do much speedwork, but he did have me doing plenty of trail running, which I think is speedwork in disguse! He also had me do more long runs (4 20 milers even though I got the flu during the last one...so really 3) than the Hal Higdon plan. If I had not gotten hurt, I probably would not have hired him though. I just needed some individualized help on where to go next. Now that I hired him, I have stayed with him in my half ironman training. I like having someone to ask questions to and to plan my workouts Hope that helps!