Subject: RE: Marathon training + intensive swimming - good idea? bachorb - 2009-08-26 5:24 PM spbdds - 2009-08-26 4:08 PM I like your plan, but a time like that will be a BQ and encourage you to run even more. Maybe you are the type of runner (athlete) that can use the Runners World "run faster... run less" or something. Its like three quality runs a week. Structured around pacing, tempo, speedwork and of course the weekly long run. Leave you time for a few swim sessions and that stuff about a "Job". I am 25 so a BQ for me is 3:10. I think I could attain that if I focused primarily on running, but with the swimming thrown in I don't know if I'll have it in me to train at that intensity. But we'll see........anyone interested in helping me with my thesis haha? I'd probably be more help with your thesis than with your run training, but I can tell you that I'll be on a similar path after this weekend (my A race is Sunday ), running a marathon in December, but wanting to do some serious swimming as well. I don't find that swimming affects my run training seriously, as long as I schedule things in a reasonable way. I'm planning to swim 4 times a week and begin by running 3, but pretty quickly move that to 4, and up to 5 for a while. I personally find that I make very little progress running 3x/week (though I can maintain running fitness quite easily with that schedule ). |