I know I've said this before, but I'm considering embarking up on the "Gary the Vale Ultramarathon Training Program" with the idea of doing the Rocky Run 50K next December
The Plan goes like this: Every week, you add ONE mile to your long run; ideally, by going 1/2 a mile further on an out-n-back route, so you can look 800yds down the road and say to yourself "Self. We're going down to there next week. Just a little further, that's not so bad, right?"
Now, be warned ... to my knowledge, no one has actually started at zero [or 1, as the case may be] and stuck with it for an ENTIRE year, culminating in a 52-mile run [people tend to do silly things like sign up for races along the way, messing up the progression]
Or are you looking for some to do one New Year's Day, specifically? How about riding the trainer for the duration of Mummers Day coverage [if you are so blessed to have access to such a spectacle]?
"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin
The Plan goes like this: Every week, you add ONE mile to your long run; ideally, by going 1/2 a mile further on an out-n-back route, so you can look 800yds down the road and say to yourself "Self. We're going down to there next week. Just a little further, that's not so bad, right?"
Now, be warned ... to my knowledge, no one has actually started at zero [or 1, as the case may be] and stuck with it for an ENTIRE year, culminating in a 52-mile run [people tend to do silly things like sign up for races along the way, messing up the progression]
Or are you looking for some to do one New Year's Day, specifically? How about riding the trainer for the duration of Mummers Day coverage [if you are so blessed to have access to such a spectacle]?
"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin