Sunday, 19 February 2012

Kinda A New Challenge

Oh, I can tell you that the head is still not working...

Since the body however, is not doing any better I thought I ... actually I didn't think a thing! I was chatting with a friend about his training for the London Marathon in April; I said that I could never run, but only row; He said I race you; ... and now we are kind of training partners.

It's relatively simple: Whenever he goes on the road, I will go into my spare room with the rower and do the same distance, preferably faster than him. Rowing and running can well be compared in effort and the time it takes to do a certain distance... Well, kinda... he already is in his 10th week of training and I am a slob right now. Hence it IS a bit of a challenge.

Although: I don't intend to go for a marathon distance. Like for runners the preparation time for rowers is the same and the style is very similar. Having missed half the training time I will aim for a half marathon by 22nd April, meaning that I will replace the long runs the boy will be doing by half the distance; that is still 9 miles / 15 km.

Additionally it means that I have to row four times a week... oh, oh!

Here is the training plan, not sure if I am really looking forward to this.


Marathon Training Program
Week
Day 1
miles / km
Day 2
miles / km
Day 3
miles / km
Day 4
miles / km
Total/week
miles / km
1.        
3 / 4.8  
4 / 6.4  
3 / 4.8  
5 / 8.0  
15 / 24.0
2.        
3 / 4.8  
4 / 6.4  
3 / 4.8  
6 / 9.7  
16 / 25.7
3.        
3 / 4.8  
4 / 6.4  
3 / 4.8  
7 / 11.3  
17 / 27.4
4.        
3 / 4.8  
5 / 8.0  
3 / 4.8  
8 / 12.9  
19 / 30.6
5.        
3 / 4.8  
5 / 8.0  
3 / 4.8  
10 / 16.1  
21 / 33.8
6.        
4 / 6.4  
5 / 8.0   
4 / 6.4  
11 / 17.7  
24 / 54.7
7.        
4 / 6.4  
6 / 9.7  
4 / 6.4  
12 / 19.3  
26 / 41.8
8.        
4 / 6.4  
6 / 9.7  
4 / 6.4  
14 / 22.5  
28 / 45.0
9.        
4 / 6.4  
7 / 11.3  
4 / 6.4  
16 / 25.7  
31 / 49.9
10.     
5 / 8.0 
8 / 12.9  
5 / 8.0 
16 / 25.7 
34 / 45.7
11.     
5 / 8.0  
8 / 12.9  
5 / 8.0 
16 / 25.7 
34 / 45.7
12.     
5 / 8.0  
8 / 12.9  
5 / 8.0 
18 / 29.0 
36 / 57.9
13.     
5 / 8.0  
8 / 12.9  
5 / 8.0 
18 / 29.0 
36 / 57.9
14.     
5 / 8.0  
8 / 12.9  
5 / 8.0  
9 / 14.5  
27 / 43.5
15.     
3 / 4.8  
5 / 8.0  
3 / 4.8 
8 / 12.9  
19 / 30.6
16.     
3 / 4.8  
3 / 4.8  
Walk 3 = 4.8
marathon
35.2 / 56.6





415.2 / 668.2

1 comment:

  1. 19/02/12:
    1st race Kash/Rika, 5 miles = 8 kilometers, 45/38:26

    let's see how that changes on the longer distances, that's going to be hard to keep up, he did the 16 miles already twice... argh...

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