JSully wrote:
I'm 6'5" and ~240 lbs; not doing any serious exercise and haven't for the past couple years. Like the title says, I just registered for a 14 mile trail run on Sep. 8th. Advice? Training plans? I figure I'll just run 10 minutes a day for a couple weeks, and increase by two minutes a week until I'm at 30 minutes a day, stay there for two weeks and add in a medium run, long run, and hill repeats, with that same 30 minutes in between each 'hard' day. Run 6 days a week. That'll give me 3 months of long&medium runs plus hill repeats. Is this ambitious? conservative? Sensible?
The plan is also to do yoga daily and a kettlebell routine every other day. No gym access; I live in the woods an hour away from civilization. I do have pool access in summer.
The goal is to become fit and lose weight again. I realize weight is almost entirely a diet issue, but exercise certainly isn't going to hurt.
I will for sure be doing an ITB (P)Rehab routine since that's been an issue in the past. Probably some achilles stuff too? Achilles Tendinitis was my only injury in high school cross country. I've also had overuse injuries&tendinitis in my hands/wrists.
I will also for sure be seeing a doctor to look me over, but I'm not anticipating anything there to slow me down.
BarryP Run Plan
https://forum.slowtwitch.com/...h_string=runtraining
Basically, 6 runs a week: 3 Short, 2 Medium, 1 Long. All easy running - relaxed (may not feel relaxed as you start out since you say you’re out of shape). Short runs are just that—short. Start with 5 minutes. That may feel stupid and unbelievably short, but start small. Medium runs are twice as long as short: 10 minutes. Long runs are three times as long as short: 15 minutes. If you can do this for a few weeks, bump it to 6 minutes. Then 8 minutes. Etc.
If running 6 times a week is too much, do 4 to start until you can move up. Just remember—EASY running. It will feel stupid probably, but your easy pace will drop.
I’ve gone slowly from 20 min short run to 35 min short run over 4 months. I’ve gained a lot of fitness from keeping my running easy but consistent. You get better at things you do a lot. My easy pace (using HR as a gauge) went from 8:35/mi to 7:25/mi with virtually no specific speed/tempo/VO2 max running—just easy jogging 6 days a week.