I bought a book, its written by Jeff and Barbra Galloway. Its Half Marathon, A Complete Guide for Women. It came yesterday and I devoured half of it. I've been on his website a few times and was intrigued by his walk run method. After reading the first part of the book I decided this was something I wanted to try. I didn't care much for the training plan in his book, so I found my magic mile time and my walk-run ratio was a 30/30 split. That means walk 30 seconds run 30 seconds.
I decided to apply that to the current training plan I am on. This morning was my first run with it. i must say I like it. I made the mistake of starting to hard and tiring out quickly. My next run I will start out a little slower. It felt good, its going to take some getting used it, but I think it will be really good for me. My pace wasn't really that far off from what I've been doing lately. I will keep you updated!
No outside pictures today, it started to rain my last 1/3 mile. I had to get in the car quickly!
Distance: 2:00 miles
Pace: 15:46
I'm so glad you loved the shoes! They can honestly make all the difference in the world.
ReplyDeleteI must admit that I am intrigued by the Galloway plan. So far, I'm running my full distances, but I may drop to a 10 minute run/1 minute walk for my longer runs. I don't know. I guess I'll just see what my body feels is right. Keep us posted on your training!
They really did make a difference.
ReplyDeleteI really hope the Galloway plan helps increase my endurance. Right now, if I really push, I can do a mile without walking at about a 13:30 pace. I'd like to get my pace to about an 11, with very little walking.
Just keep running.