Quote:
Originally Posted by korry1977
Thanks... I appreciate it... I just wanted wanted to know how could I achieve a sustained 9 - 10 min pace per mile... I know I need to work on it a lot, but I like to "think ahead"...
|
Here is one very popular program to reach that sustained 9-10 min/mile:
10-WEEK TRAINING PLAN
The following running schedule was created by Budd Coates, Health Promotions
Manager at Rodale Press, who instructs a corporate beginning running
program. Coates has taken nonrunners and, in 10 weeks, helped them reach
their goal of running the 3.5-mile J.P. Morgan/Chase Corporate Challenge.
Before you start with this schedule, get your legs ready with eight days of
walking: walk for 20 minutes a day for the first four days, then increase to
30 minutes a day for four more days.
Now you're ready to begin with week 1. Each week of the program, do your
run/walk workouts on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and take
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday off.
10-WEEK TRAINING SCHEDULE
Week 1 Run 2 minutes, walk 4 minutes. Repeat 5times.
Week 2 Run 3 minutes, walk 3 minutes. Repeat five times.
Week 3 Run 5 minutes, walk 2.5 minutes. Repeat four times.
Week 4 Run 7 minutes, walk 3 minutes. Repeat three times.
Week 5 Run 8 minutes, walk 2 minutes. Repeat three times.
Week 6 Run 9 minutes, walk 2 minutes. Repeat twice, then run 8 minutes.
Week 7 Run 9 minutes, walk 1 minute. Repeat three times.
Week 8 Run 13 minutes, walk 2 minutes. Repeat twice.
Week 9 Run 14 minutes, walk 1 minute. Repeat twice.
Week 10 Run 30 minutes.
After 10 weeks you are able to run 3.5 miles/30 min (it is your 9-10 min mile range).