Tony Alonso Site Admin
Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 72 Location: Deer Park, OH
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:19 pm Post subject: Week 11 - Wed, Jan 24, & Sat, Jan 27, 2024 |
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Welcome to week 11 of the 24-week training session for the spring 2024 Flying Pig. The schedule is set to get you to the start line of the half and full marathon on Sunday, May 5, 2024 There are plans for those who seek "to finish" or have a specific time goal in either event.
Wednesday evenings over the next 3 weeks will be reserved for hill training. Saturday workouts will be the long, weekly distance for the "to finish" and "time goal" tracks. Our next half-mile and mile repeat workout will be on Saturday, Feb 3, for those on the "time goal" schedule.
Registration for this session can be done by using this website link - https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/Cincinnati/CincinnatiOHGallowayTrainingProgram
NOTE: The workout information is listed below and in the weekly e-mail. Please use the forum for communication with others. You do not need an account to view the forum, but if you want to post, please register here (no charge). Contact me if you cannot access the forum because of a password problem. The training schedule is on Google Docs, and the link is in this thread.
WEEK 11 MEETING TIMES AND LOCATIONS:
Wednesday, Jan 24, 2024
All distances and pace groups: meet at 5:45pm to run hills at 6:00pm; start location is in front of the building that housed Fleet Feet Sports - O'bryonville,1993 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45208
(we will do SIX hill repeat intervals on Menlo St. off Observatory Ave. after running from the start location)
Saturday, Jan 27, 2024
Marathoners and half marathoners on "time goal" schedule: meet at 7:15am at the Gallery Entrance of Newport on the Levee to run at 7:30am (you will run an 2 extra miles first, followed by 15 or 8 miles, respectively)
Marathoners and half marathoners on "to finish" schedules: meet at 7:45am at the Gallery Entrance of Newport on the Levee to run at 8:00am (8 miles for half and full marathoners together, followed by 7 miles for full marathoners to get a total of 15)
Newport on the Levee Gallery Entrance is at 1 Levee Way, Newport, KY 41071
If you park in the Gallery lot, you can come up to the street level and then get to the entrance area. The Gallery lot is accessible via Rt. 8 (Newport) when you get off of the exit from I471
8- AND 15-MILE ROUTES
The 8 mile loop crosses into Cincinnati and goes along part of the Flying Pig courses along Gilbert and up into Eden Park as a 4 mile out-and-back. The 7 mile loop goes 3.5 miles out-and-back along Riverside Drive; it's also part of the Flying Pig routes. Half and full marathoners on the "to finish" schedule will run together for 8 miles, while marathoners will run 7 additional miles. Half and full marathoners on the "time goal" schedule will run 2 extra miles ahead of the the 8- and 15-mile routes
8 miles: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/5892114064/
7 miles: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/2380395643
extra 2 miles: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/1676919968
PACE GROUPS: Based on participant sign-ups and this season's magic mile results, we have three groups - 11:30 min/mi (90 sec run/30 sec walk), 12:30 min/mi group (60 sec run/30 sec walk), and 14:00 min/mi (30 sec run/30 sec walk). Please note we will be flexible with group paces, ratios, and membership, depending on evolving distance needs and outdoor conditions. |
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