My friend Jen and I signed up for the Illinois 10k (part of the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon weekend). We both started running in November/Dec of 2012 and are somewhat on the same level of speed and fitness. Ok, fine, she's a bit faster than me. BUT she's a good friend and is going to stay on pace with me and train with me for the 10k on April 27 of this year.
I looked up several training plans online, it seemed like there was not one that fit right for our level of fitness. We aren't quite beginners because we have been running for a few months now and can finish a 5k if need be (let's not talk about my latest running slump). We surely aren't intermediate yet, having only run for a short number of months and not quite having a base level of fitness. So we are beginnermediate I suppose? Alas, there were no beginnermediate training plans that I could find, so I combined a few (here, here, here) and made my own. It is 16 weeks long because that is how long we have until the big race. You can click on the image to view it larger.
My primary goal is to remain injury free during this entire period and finish the race. If I want to have a lofty goal, I'd like to run the entire race nonstop. An even loftier goal would be to run it at a 10:00 min/mile pace. My loftiest goal will be to complete the race, outfitted head-to-toe in lululemon with my mascara still looking great and a radient but not sweaty-pig-like glow ;) Anyone have any good pictures of their first 10k?
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