May 2013 Training Goals

orleansrunner1962 · Postby **orleansrunner1962** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:25 pm

May starts with a final big week of training, and then a slow decline towards a two-week taper, with my first 100-miler at the end of the month. The schedule shows 438 km for May -- feeling up for the challenge!

Stampie · Postby **Stampie** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 5:08 pm

The month starts with the BMO Vancouver Marathon this weekend and the half I'll be racing in. After BMO, the rest of May will be recovery and maintaining my base. No mileage goals in place for the month, but I will certainly get some long runs. Also, I will plan out my race strategy for the fall.

ratherawkward · Postby **ratherawkward** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:51 pm

Schedule shows 156km, but I'll settle for less - just want to stay healthy as I work towards the TO Women's Half on the 26th. Also trying to be more diligent on strength training on my off days.

La · Postby La » Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:53 pm

Bike, bike, bike, bike, bike, bike, bike...

Seriously, I just want to survive my bike trip next week and get through as many of the rides as possible without having to hop in the sag wagon.

HCcD · Postby **HCcD** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:17 pm

Should be a quiet month of running with tapering for the Ottawa 1/2 Marathon and first 3 weeks on a cruise holiday, so not too much long runs planned, though, I suspect will be a bit of running/walking on the treadmill on the ship, as well as other cross training activities to kill time, as there will be at least 10 full sea days on the cruise itinerary ... Goal is not to gain too much weight ... :shifty:

and expect to be around 175-200K for the month ...

Mark.AU · Postby **Mark.AU** » Wed May 01, 2013 4:54 am

21 runs, >200km

purdy65 · Postby **purdy65** » Wed May 01, 2013 7:54 am

Well, Clinic is done, but I will be leading the next one that begins in June.

Meantime, I have a race this weekend, as well as my debut as a pace bunny at ORW. I'm thinking that most of my long runs will be RW practicing pace.

grimskot · Postby **grimskot** » Wed May 01, 2013 8:38 am

Running: 330 km. Last high mileage weeks before tapering for MTM. (again!)
4tFire: 5 classes
Yoga: 4 classes
Weight: Lose a few more lbs.
And... stay injury free before race

marymac442 · Postby **marymac442** » Wed May 01, 2013 8:50 am

Time to get serious with some biking

Running 4 workouts per week - 130 - 140 km total
Bike - 2 - 3 workouts per week of around 90 minutes each
Swim - 2 - 3 workouts per week of 30 minutes +

Oh .... and some work

Running will include one half marathon and one wine fueled near half marathon :lol:

Pat29 · Postby **Pat29** » Wed May 01, 2013 9:40 am

I will probably get in around 300 km this month. I am in the midst of my last week of heavy mileage for the Ottawa Marathon before I start tapering.

Jwolf · Postby **Jwolf** » Wed May 01, 2013 3:14 pm

I had a good month in April, so I hope to continue from that success. I would like to build my running mileage a bit while continuing with the cycling and swimming. If all works out it should shape up pretty similarly to April with a bit more volume of running and cycling.

AjaxRunner · Postby **AjaxRunner** » Thu May 02, 2013 9:31 am

No real mileage goal for May.

I'm racing the Goodlife Half this Sunday and the SportingLife 10K the following Sunday. The rest of the month will be recovery and start of base building for the fall.

Also will start adding more swimming and biking to get ready for my first try-a-tri on July 20. (2 days before I turn 40)

Ti-Ron · Postby **Ti-Ron** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:42 am

I will try 150 km in may. April went well, I feel good and me goal of a half marathon in september seem doable. Did 12,5km yesterday, I'm in for more this week-end!

Enjoy the sun and good run to everyone! 8-)

chunkymonkeymelonhed · Postby **chunkymonkeymelonhed** » Sun May 05, 2013 1:22 pm

200K
39 done 161 more to go.

NMG · Postby **NMG** » Sun May 05, 2013 2:23 pm

At this point my primary goal is to keep healthy so that I can put my best effort forward for the Ottawa half. I've had 18K and 20K runs over the past few weeks and I have a 22K coming up this weekend before the schedule starts tapering down. I know I haven't hit the full 21.6K yet, but it's a big boost for me to know that I covered 18K and 20K at very close to my goal pace, with no issues and without feeling like you should after the end of a race. I'm cautiously optimistic about hitting my goal and possibly even exceeding it. Physically I believe I can do it, I just need to have that mental focus for a much longer period of time than what I've had to have in the past.

Secondary goals are to continue dropping a few pounds before race day and to get out and run in some hotter temps to try and acclimate some more to the changing conditions. At this point in the game I don't think there is anything major I can do to have huge impacts on how I finish, it's just building confidence and mentally getting ready to go.

After race weekend my training goal is to get my fly rod out and hit some water, LOL

Run2Be · Postby **Run2Be** » Mon May 06, 2013 3:31 pm

April was great for consistancy, for May I want to increase distances. So goals will be 150km of running and 15,000m of swimming.

purdy65 · Postby **purdy65** » Fri May 31, 2013 7:37 am

purdy65 wrote:Well, Clinic is done, but I will be leading the next one that begins in June.

Meantime, I have a race this weekend, as well as my debut as a pace bunny at ORW. I'm thinking that most of my long runs will be RW practicing pace.

A great month, although my lowest mileage in 3 years - 220K. The races made up for it though. No PB, but a decent race at Good Life, and an amazing time pacing the ORW half!

grimskot · Postby **grimskot** » Fri May 31, 2013 9:34 am

grimskot wrote:Running: 330 km. Last high mileage weeks before tapering for MTM. (again!)
4tFire: 5 classes
Yoga: 4 classes
Weight: Lose a few more lbs.
And... stay injury free before race

Results:
Running: 328.65 km. Close enough
4tFire: only 2 classes
Yoga: only 3 classes
Weight: down 19 lbs year-to-date
And... no injuries. Woo-hoo! So overall, good on the running front, not so good on the cross-training. I'll take it.

Jwolf · Postby **Jwolf** » Fri May 31, 2013 4:59 pm

Jwolf wrote:I had a good month in April, so I hope to continue from that success. I would like to build my running mileage a bit while continuing with the cycling and swimming. If all works out it should shape up pretty similarly to April with a bit more volume of running and cycling.

For May:
14 swims, 9 hours total
19 runs (including a very short t-run), 140K
8 bikes (3 indoor, 5 outdoor), 162K

That's more running and swimming than last month but less cycling (mostly because of less indoor riding). I swam 3 x week, ran 4 x week, and biked 2 x week on average. I think realistically that's about where my happy place is.

ian · Postby **ian** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:30 am

May: 15 runs, 276K, 2 races. I'm still quite content to be getting 90% of my former speed with 50% of my former training.

marymac442 · Postby **marymac442** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 8:55 am

marymac442 wrote:Time to get serious with some biking

Running 4 workouts per week - 130 - 140 km total
Bike - 2 - 3 workouts per week of around 90 minutes each
Swim - 2 - 3 workouts per week of 30 minutes +

Oh .... and some work

Running will include one half marathon and one wine fueled near half marathon

I did pretty good for May:
135 km running
I managed 7 swims and 7 bike rides (including 1 sprint tri). I will definitely have to pick up the cycling if I'm going to survive my Oly tri in August

ratherawkward · Postby **ratherawkward** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:56 pm

ratherawkward wrote:Schedule shows 156km, but I'll settle for less - just want to stay healthy as I work towards the TO Women's Half on the 26th. Also trying to be more diligent on strength training on my off days.

Failed big on the strength training - I really, really need to get my act together on that - but otherwise I feel it was a successful month. Came back from a disastrous April with 110.5km this month and a nice PR at the Women's Half. :dance: