Random start: Is it me or is the NYRR website and app becoming more and more user UNfriendly?
Ok, looks like we are about 118 days away from NYC’s Marathon. I think this year, I
will try to do a 16-week training plan, which starts on July 15th. I debated purchasing a virtual training plan from NYRR, but I decided to use a free one like in previous years. I figure that I have not been the most committed with my training plans so paying for one seems like a waste. Plus, I’m cheap. I wish that I was in better marathon-training shape going into this thing, but there is nothing that I can do about it at this point.
I decided to go with a 16-week marathon training plan from Runner’s World ( *** ). This training plan seems to have all the nuts and bolts that are needed to run a decent marathon. I want to get a couple of long runs out of the way before setting a time goal for the marathon. The plan involves five days of running; however, I may have to modify that schedule a bit. Aside from my failed attempt at doing a 30-day run streak, I rarely have run more than four times a week after my back injuries. For this plan, I may alternate between three and five runs per week . . . depending on how I’m feeling. Maybe during the three-run weeks, I’ll add an extra X-training day.
The plan has a little bit of everything.
- Hills and strides
- Cross training
- (Obviously) long runs
- 400 and miles
- Yasso 800s
To (kinda) keep me on track, I’ve already made a Google Calendar for all of the training runs.
Hopefully, this calendar will keep me on track (no pun). But, then again, it did not really work that well last year.
Plans for NYC Marathon 2020 9+1 Guaranteed Entry
So far, I have completed four of my nine races and my volunteer opportunity. On the docket:
- NYRR Retro (4M) – July 13
- TCS Marathon Training Session (10M) – July 20
- NYRR Team Championships (5M) – July 27
- TCS Marathon (I probably should not use this as one of my 9+1 races, just in case) – November 3
Ok, I just registered for two more races (NYC Marathon Training, 12M, August 11 and Grete’s Great Gallop, 10K, October 5). If all goes well (aka if I’m not too hungover), I should be done with all of my qualifying races in October.
See ya on the streets
Any upcoming half- or full-marathons on the radar for you?
Run There, Drink That 
Wow that’s great that you’ll get your races done early this year. I just can’t seem to sign up:(
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Yes, anything to avoid running the Midnight run on Dec. 31st.
Why can’t you sign up?
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I have no idea! I need to figure that out so I can solve it!
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Gotcha. Last week, I did get a couple of emails from NYRR saying that the website was down. The app rarely works on my phone.
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Looks like a solid plan to me. I’m cheap too. I’ve never paid for a training plan or a coach. I don’t I ever will.
I think 2019 will be a marathon-free year for me. I do have the Runner’s World Grand Slam in October, which adds up to the 26.2, but it’s broken up into 4 pieces. That should be interesting…
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The Grand Slam sounds like a wresting match 😉 I guess that you are slamming down those miles. Oooh, one of the sponsors is 26.2 brew.
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Why yes it is… 🙂
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