Been back into running for about a year after a long hiatus. When I ran before it was just for cardio but I did a half marathon back in the day.
Now I’m more focused on form, different types of runs, etc. and things are going great.
I’m using a training plan my physical therapist gave me for my race that’s coming up soon. I was wondering, what do I do after the race? When are the easy runs? When are the tempo runs? When should I do speed work? When are the long runs?
I like distance running (I’m here for the ultra trail stuff) and want to maintain in between races.
Easiest thing to do would likely be join a local running group that has various training distances/pace groups
The one I ran with had two annual sessions for half and full training (a long with 5k/10k ).
When I was training for my first ultra (Yamacraw 50k) I just did the full plan with the training group + 4 miles extra on the long Saturday run. Typically I could find a fool to run them with me :)
At least some of Garmin watches have workout suggestions for daily motivation as well as actual training plans you can do. (Found in the connect app) I don’t think the suggestions are always great but what you can do is see your training loads in the different zones and decide if you want/should do some intervals or not. My experience with suggested workouts is I can get multiple days of high intensity in a row which I know makes no sense but the watch is trying to get time in that zone in the “range”
@dmtalon @DBT yes, so much easier to let a running club do all the work of planning. I will just say that you shouldn’t be scared to adapt the sessions though. The slow group last night was doing a 800 m up a hill that I couldn’t do - so just walk the hill etc.
Must get used to walking up hills on trails for long runs unless you’re not human :)