Subject: RE: Training for 1/2 marathon & sprintI'm doing the same right now- Pumpkinman Sept 12 and marathon Oct 25. I keep my long runs for the weekends as that takes the most time for workouts. At this point, I am simply following my training plan but incorporating my runs for my marathon into my tri plan rather than doing the workouts that are listed for the tri plan. For example- I am doing a recovery run tonight- 2 miles- but turning it into a brick workout after my bike to get maximum effort. It helps that I am only running 3x a week too, so that it saves my knees and the bike and swim help with run recovery and building other muscles. I know this isn't too specific, but this has worked well for me in the past month or so as the plans have really run parallel for training. Since you have some time, definitely build up your run base before your tri so that it's easier to maintain when you are training for both. Good luck on both next spring! |