Training plan

Waves are getting smaller, but wind is picking up seriously ... 5m kite !!
On the running path, this week, I started my new plan for 2014.

This is my old plan:

I realize now that I prefer longer run but less often, then I will stick to 3 run/week. That will give me more time for other stuff, like kiting and swimming. I usually limit myself to one session/ day. That's all about my hips can take right now.

My goal for April is to ramp up to a steady 30 miles/week that I will hold as a typical non-training training. Not sure that makes any sense, but it does to me.
If I hit comfortably 30 miles/week, I just need two months of actually specific marathon training, to increment the mileage up to 36 miles/ week.

Two-Three month is roughly what I will have between end of August and December to get ready.

That gives me a 6-5-10 for this week. As of today, I have already 2x6 miles in the bag for this week.

Exciting times !

Back on Track ...

It has been a couple of crazy months, with the new jobs and such, but it was time to
sign on for my next running destination.
It will be the Honolulu Marathon, on Oahu, of course, the 14th of December of this year.

Race course

Training plan to come.

Finally ?

As I do not kite when the wind is not perfect - as a rule - we are on Maui after all - I did not kite much those last couple of weeks.

NE trade winds ?

But the forecast looks good...
Starting today !

Back on the road ... but not alone !

With Molly, we are training pretty hard for a 5K race in April. This would be obviously the longest ever ever that Molly ever run - and the goal is to not walk. (but between you and me, everything works if you can finish it before cut time !).
We already did a couple of 1 miler in the neighborhood, but today, it was the serious gig.
2 miles on Thomson road.

Running with a smile !

The views were breathtaking, almost at Sunset and the path was almost flat. As a runner, you cannot ask for more.

Maths behind the run

Overall, a steady 12min/mile pace and 180 Bpm.
A good training zone for her is between 150 and 190, with a max around 218. Then it was definitively a good effort ! I would like myself to be able to sustain 150bpm myself ;)

Anyway, this week-end. Part 2. 2 Miles with hills.
Let's the fun begin !

Wind is back !

I was praying for Spring to come...
And sometimes, wishes comes true:
Wind is back !!!

If you are not ready, you will go down !

White caps...

And dancing coconut trees !

Tomorrow, things should settle a bit, and it will be certainly super fun on the coast...
Yeah !