A Running-Focused Training Routine
It's always been a lot easier for me to make progress in the gym than as a runner. In an attempt to combat that, I want to start focusing more on my running than my lifting.
I'm tweaking my previous training routine—which was a 50-50 split between lifting and running—to one that is biased towards running and focused on weekly mileage.
Here are the specifics:
- 15 miles per week
- Two lifting days per week
To start I am going to shoot for 15 miles per week, which would represent a solid increase in total mileage compared to what I've been doing for the last year or so. The initial goal is going to be five days of running per week with three miles on each of those runs.
As I progress through this routine I'm sure the days and mileage per run will fluctuate. That's fine. The number that I'm going to be focused on is the total weekly mileage. How I get to that will depend on how I'm feeling on each day and what my schedule might demand.
The progressive overload here is going to be slowly building up more and more miles until I'm happy with where my progress is as a runner.
I'm keeping a few lifts programmed because 1) I really enjoy lifting and 2) I don't want to entirely lose all the strength gains I've made as I focus on running.
I'd be fine regressing a bit if it comes with great running improvements, but doing one pull day and one push day from my previous routine each week should allow me to maintain those lifts—I think.
Let's see how this goes.