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those who use or have used hal higdon's programs
I have a question about the cross-training days. I like to do 4 days of strength training during the week, on the program I am following he has it listed on 2 of the days (half-marathon novice 1). If I am supposed to do 40 mins of cross-training, would that be 40 mins of some form of cardio, or should I split it between cardio and strength?
I hope what I wrote makes sense. Thanks!
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Re: those who use or have used hal higdon's programs
I think you could do either. When I did his 10k program I did some strength on cross days as well.
Blog
"But don't make the mistake of cross-training too vigorously. Sports such as basketball or volleyball that involve sideways motions or sudden stops and starts do not qualify as cross-training. In fact, you may increase your risk of injury if you double up on these sports, particularly as the mileage builds. Cross-training days should be considered easy days that allow you to recover from the running you do the rest of the week."
I strength train when I want/can and when I have the time. You don't have to follow this plan to the T. Bike, swim, elliptical, stairmill, etc. Or take a Cardio Strength class that does both. I usually strength train on all of my low mileage days anyway, I just use HH's plans as a guide for what distances I should be doing. You always should do some form of cardio before strength training anyway to warm up, just don't burn your leg muscles out on cross-training days.
Recent Races:
Chicago Half Marathon 9/11/11: 1:58:11 (PR)
Race for the Cure 10k, Chicago 9/24/11: 51:52 (PR)
ING New York City Marathon 11/6/11: 4:13:16 (PR)
2012: Running & Race Accomplishments:
2-12-12: Riverview Winter Fest 4 mile, 34:59 8:45 pace - 23 weeks pregnant
2-29-12: Leap Year 4 mile, 36:45 9:11 pace - 25.5 weeks pregnant
3-11-12: Corktown 5K, 28:33 9:13 pace - 27 weeks pregnant
3-25-12: Rock CF Island Half Marathon, 2:11:03 10:00 pace - 29 weeks pregnant
4-16-12 Boston Marathon, deferring to 2013
8-11-12: Run thru Hell 10 mile or 4.8 mile
9-30-12: Brooksie Way Half Marathon
10-21-12: Grand Rapids Marathon
11-22-12: Detroit Turkey Trot 10K
This is pretty much exactly what I was thinking.
Thanks for all of the help, sorry that I kind of posted and ran the other day--but I appreciate it!