Back On The Horse

I think I’ve finally gotten a somewhat solid routine down, after six months of irregularity. I’m doing six days of workouts, with either Saturday or Sunday off, depending on when I have more time to get my long run in.

I’m following a modified Runner’s World SmartCoach training plan to get myself ready for the Oak Brook Half Marathon on Labor Day. I’ve taken the SmartCoach printout, and changed it from four to three days a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) due to time constraints, but kept the same mileage. I’m also going to be modifying the paces with the help of the Daniels Running Formula.

On the days I don’t run (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) I’ll be doing the Hundred Pushups Challenge again. Once I complete my pushups for the day, I’ll do the 16 minute Ab Ripper X (part1 part2) routine from P90X. All of that should help me regain some of my core strength, which should help with my running as well.

I also hope to start using this blog again as a training log, to keep track of how each of my runs are going.