Going from Oly to 15k race when schedules cross a bit...

Hi all... Looking for some advice on how to work my 15k plan into my workout schedule. I'm looking at following the Hal Higdon Novice 15k plan which is 10 weeks long. My 15k race is 8 weeks after my Oly race. (15k is in 15 weeks)

How should I handle the first 2 weeks of the 15k plan? Do I just ignore them and start from week 3 since I'm running anyway with my oly training? should I cut out the 2 shorter taper weeks? Or should I start working the first 2 weeks in 3 weeks before my Oly skipping one week for the oly taper (and try and blend it with whatever my tri group coach has us doing)?

Right now I can run for about 45mins I haven't tried longer ones because it hasn't been on the training schedule. Last summer I could do an hour and a half or about 7 miles, and I hope to be nearing that level again by the end of Aug.

Any Advice? (BTW if you happen to glance an my run volume keep in mind that those times also include my walks so while it looks like I'm running a ton it's more modest then that at the moment)


Edited by IdealMuse 2009-07-20 4:09 PM