Welcome to the team some of you, welcome back to others. Sunday
starts our training, at 5.5 miles, for the EWEB Run to Stay Warm
Half-Marathon.
I realize that a few runners have other business to attend to
first – namely the Florence Half next week and a marathon on October 9th.
You can pick up the EWEB training after that.
Fittingly, Sunday’s course (with an 8:00 start from the Eugene
Running Company) will take you to the EWEB race’s start/finish: Oakway and
Coburg Roads to Ferry Street Bridge and don’t cross. Turn left onto bike path,
to Autzen footbridge and across. Turn right, to EWEB Plaza. Turn AROUND there
and come back the same way: Autzen, Ferry and store. GPS distance is 5.53 miles. You’ll run the first few miles with our marathoners and all of
this distance with our Florence Half runners.
Bring a drink for delivery at EWEB turnaround. Weather forecast: cloudy
with rain likely and starting temperature in 60s.
WEEK 1 LESSON: YOUR
PROGRAM
Question: What
is the rationale behind this training program?
Answer: This half-marathon program is,
fittingly, almost precisely half the one that our marathon teams follow
successfully. You train as the marathoners do early in their program – except that
13.1 miles is your end point, and 11 miles is your longest training run. You
also train under conditions that mimic those of the race. Our group runs are nearly
flat. If you want hill training, add some to your midweek runs. Our Sunday runs
are on hard surfaces, because that’s where the race is run. You can seek out
softer ground during the week. You run no faster in Sunday training than you
will go in the race. Practice for speed elsewhere.
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