I'd say I'm at a comfortable 3 miles mostly running with walking intervals. I've got less than four months to get ready. The thing is- most training programs suggest you be at a comfortable 7-8 miles before you start a 12 week program to get ready for Race Day. Cincinnati is loaded with hills so I'll start adding in incline training and uphill sprints later on in the program.
SO: this is my January plan to get to 7.5 miles. Here we go!
Increasing Mileage (January 2010)
Monday 4- Walk/Run 3 miles (run 2 minutes, walk 1 minute)
Tuesday 5- Strength + Uphill hike/jog down @ Runyan Canyon
Wednesday 6- Walk/Run 3.5 miles (run 3 min, walk 1 min) +YOGA
Thursday 7- Strength + Run 3 miles
Friday 8- REST
Saturday 9- Walk/Run 4 miles (run 4 min, walk 1 min)
Sunday 10- Thursday 14- Down for 4 days with a bad cold. :(
Rest + lots of Vitamin C
Friday 15- 3 mile run (no walking from this point on unless I need to)
Saturday 16- 4 mile run
Sunday 17- 5 mile run
Monday 18- YOGA
Tuesday 19- REST
Wednesday 20- 3 mile treadmill run at 5.7 speed and 0.5 incline + YOGA
Thursday 21- 4 mile treadmill run + STRENGTH
Friday 22- 5 mile run
Saturday 23- REST
Sunday 24- 6 mile run
Monday 25- REST
Tuesday 26- 4 mile run + STRENGTH
Wednesday 27- 5.5 mile run
Thursday 28- STRENGTH
Friday 29- 5 mile run
Saturday 30- 4 mile run + YOGA
Sunday 31- 7.5 MILE RUN!!!
