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Today I start into my training for the Marco Island Bridge Run Half Marathon on March 16th.  The run is said to be “the most beautiful run in Southern Florida, with challenging grades and beautiful scenery”.  I’m excited to take on my next program and hopefully a new PB while incorporating a family vacation in.  I made the decision when I started this running thing, that I would include my family in my runs and try to plans runs that were fun for everyone.

I decided to be my own coach and designed a training plan of my own.  I looked at several online including Ryan Hall and Hal Higdon plans but I couldn’t find one that I thought would work best for me.  I work rotating shift work, meaning I’m always on a different schedule.  The traditional plans usually are based on doing short runs during the week and a long run on the weekend.   I followed the known guidelines for running training plans.  Add no more than 10% to your total distance and 10% to your long run each week.  I haven’t really included the details of types of runs yet (ie. tempo, interval, hill, fartlek) so I need to put the finishing touches on the plan.  I think I might just do that on the fly.  I’ve been told that’s not a good idea as will allow me to slack off if I’m not feeling into doing a specific type of run…but I think thats whats I’m going to do anyways.  Its a learning experience!  Here is my plan so far… (with some retro iPhone effects)

I’m looking forward to training in the winter.  I’ve purchases some winter gear that I’m excited to try out and I think it will be nice to run in the cooler temperatures.  Although, we did just get dumped on with snow over the last few days and those Lake Huron wind gusts might be interesting to run against.  But I’m staying positive for now.  Here we go another gruelling sixteen week training program.  I love it…

Keep on moving,

JA