12 Replies to “Adjusting ‘The Plan’: A Training Plan is Etched in Stone, More Like an Outline”
another great post 🙂 especially to those of us new to running. I LOVE making a plan, getting a plan, having a plan. I used to be so rigid with all my plans. Now I love having a plan AND having a plan b (and c and d) so life can throw me lemons and lemonade! I like that I know I can always get a workout in no matter what happens with a plan and preparation for the unexpected. Muahahaha go OCD!
aww, thanks and i’m glad this was helpful! 🙂 i like ur multi-plan approach and YES OCD people unite…hehe! 😉 hey, so long as it’s controlled and channeled properly i don’t think it can be beat in terms of dedication…lol.
aah love it!! great post, so glad I was part of your inspiration :- haha yes we both know i’ve been dealing with the take it day-by-day approach…I can be hurting really bad when I go to bed and then wake up feeling okay and then by the end of the day I’ve felt good enough to get a normal length workout in…its frustrating, but as long as things are generally moving in the right direction. I do love having a plan though! I used to plan every detail of my workouts for the week, and if something got in the way I’d get mad hahaha – at the moment I’ve sort of stopped planning – I have a plan for the running part and that takes priority, but the extra XT i’m kind of just doing what I can, when I can. It sucks sometimes, but I guess now is not the time to have a plan that I need to “live up to” – now’s not the time to make each workout a challenge to rise to. As long as everything’s moving in the right direction, I’ll get to that level of confidence soon enough!
haha…glad u like! ya, and stay strong, girl, i’m going through the same thing. it can be frustrating but we just gotta breathe, then roll with the punches. 😉
I try to get an idea of what I want to do the next day in my workout. Thus far it has just been easy miles to get my endurance back after my 2 month break when I had knee problems.
Sometimes I think I’m going for a quick, hard run and end up doing a 10 mile easy run. Then sometimes I’ll think I’m going for a long easy run and end up doing a hard fast run.
Recently this past week I’ve had to readjust my schedule to give myself time off because I’ve been sick to where working out was kinda out of the question. It sucks not working out, but not making myself more sick is better.
Great post! I love to have a plan because if I don’t I just end up running slow miles all the time and really am not getting myself in good shape. If I do get out there and start to feel slow and am struggling when I have a workout planned, I usually end up just turning the watch off. There is a difference between being sore and feeling physically drained. I realize that when I’m feeling like I have nothing in me to complete the workout, I’m probably overworking myself or not providing myself with adequate nutrition. Either way, I need to change something.
true words dana! there is an important difference between just being tired and then knowing when it’s a signal u need to make adjustments in other areas: ie-sleep/energy.
haha…oh loosey-goosey!! ya sometimes having at least a little more organized approach or knowing u have other people to meet can REALLY help u stick to the times u should be getting in those runs. 🙂
I couldn’t have read this post at a better time. In every area of my life I am relaxed except running. When it comes to training I am very Type A. I like to know the entire plan (like you described) and when that plan doesn’t go exact, I get anxious and uncomfortable. This post was a nice reminder to chill out 😉
Thank you for stopping by and commenting, and glad the post came at the perfect time for you. It’s REALLY easy for all of us runners to lose a little perspective and need a reminder. 🙂
another great post 🙂 especially to those of us new to running. I LOVE making a plan, getting a plan, having a plan. I used to be so rigid with all my plans. Now I love having a plan AND having a plan b (and c and d) so life can throw me lemons and lemonade! I like that I know I can always get a workout in no matter what happens with a plan and preparation for the unexpected. Muahahaha go OCD!
aww, thanks and i’m glad this was helpful! 🙂 i like ur multi-plan approach and YES OCD people unite…hehe! 😉 hey, so long as it’s controlled and channeled properly i don’t think it can be beat in terms of dedication…lol.
aah love it!! great post, so glad I was part of your inspiration :- haha yes we both know i’ve been dealing with the take it day-by-day approach…I can be hurting really bad when I go to bed and then wake up feeling okay and then by the end of the day I’ve felt good enough to get a normal length workout in…its frustrating, but as long as things are generally moving in the right direction. I do love having a plan though! I used to plan every detail of my workouts for the week, and if something got in the way I’d get mad hahaha – at the moment I’ve sort of stopped planning – I have a plan for the running part and that takes priority, but the extra XT i’m kind of just doing what I can, when I can. It sucks sometimes, but I guess now is not the time to have a plan that I need to “live up to” – now’s not the time to make each workout a challenge to rise to. As long as everything’s moving in the right direction, I’ll get to that level of confidence soon enough!
haha…glad u like! ya, and stay strong, girl, i’m going through the same thing. it can be frustrating but we just gotta breathe, then roll with the punches. 😉
I try to get an idea of what I want to do the next day in my workout. Thus far it has just been easy miles to get my endurance back after my 2 month break when I had knee problems.
Sometimes I think I’m going for a quick, hard run and end up doing a 10 mile easy run. Then sometimes I’ll think I’m going for a long easy run and end up doing a hard fast run.
Recently this past week I’ve had to readjust my schedule to give myself time off because I’ve been sick to where working out was kinda out of the question. It sucks not working out, but not making myself more sick is better.
booo…i hope u start feeling better soon! 🙁 that said, sometimes u just have to go out and see where the run takes u! 🙂
Great post! I love to have a plan because if I don’t I just end up running slow miles all the time and really am not getting myself in good shape. If I do get out there and start to feel slow and am struggling when I have a workout planned, I usually end up just turning the watch off. There is a difference between being sore and feeling physically drained. I realize that when I’m feeling like I have nothing in me to complete the workout, I’m probably overworking myself or not providing myself with adequate nutrition. Either way, I need to change something.
true words dana! there is an important difference between just being tired and then knowing when it’s a signal u need to make adjustments in other areas: ie-sleep/energy.
I have a completely loosey-goosey plan right now: just do something every day. Or do something *most* days.
Back when I was doing Couch to 5k, I did love having that plan. It really kept me from falling off the wagon. Perhaps it’s time to develop a new plan…
haha…oh loosey-goosey!! ya sometimes having at least a little more organized approach or knowing u have other people to meet can REALLY help u stick to the times u should be getting in those runs. 🙂
I couldn’t have read this post at a better time. In every area of my life I am relaxed except running. When it comes to training I am very Type A. I like to know the entire plan (like you described) and when that plan doesn’t go exact, I get anxious and uncomfortable. This post was a nice reminder to chill out 😉
Thank you for stopping by and commenting, and glad the post came at the perfect time for you. It’s REALLY easy for all of us runners to lose a little perspective and need a reminder. 🙂