How to Create a Training Plan Guide
This 25 page guide aims to provide you with an easy-to-follow yet comprehensive framework to help you build your own training plans in the future. My hope as a coach is to create self-sufficient athletes who, once educated, can confidently and successfully build their own training plans, train themselves for events and have the knowledge to successfully complete ultramarathons on their own terms. With that said, the foundation of running any ultramarathon successfully is creating a training plan that is not only practical and customized but also one that you believe in. Below is an outline of what this guide covers. I include examples where necessary in this guide as well.
Topics covered in this guide include:
Picking Races/Events + Goal Setting
Assessing Current Fitness Level
Divide Your Training into Phases
a) An Overview of Training Models
Plan Weekly Goals
a) Progression Principles
b) Mileage
c) Intensity
d) Other Factors
Plan Daily Workouts
a) How to Organize your Week
b) The Long Run
How to Coach Yourself through Multiple Training Cycles
BONUS: Recovering Between Events
By downloading this training guide, you hereby agree to the Journey Running Athlete Agreement. Though it is discussed in the agreement, it is assumed you have medical permission from a licensed professional to pursue any and all running and/or exercise training or that you are seeking approval before beginning to follow a training plan.
This 25 page guide aims to provide you with an easy-to-follow yet comprehensive framework to help you build your own training plans in the future. My hope as a coach is to create self-sufficient athletes who, once educated, can confidently and successfully build their own training plans, train themselves for events and have the knowledge to successfully complete ultramarathons on their own terms. With that said, the foundation of running any ultramarathon successfully is creating a training plan that is not only practical and customized but also one that you believe in. Below is an outline of what this guide covers. I include examples where necessary in this guide as well.
Topics covered in this guide include:
Picking Races/Events + Goal Setting
Assessing Current Fitness Level
Divide Your Training into Phases
a) An Overview of Training Models
Plan Weekly Goals
a) Progression Principles
b) Mileage
c) Intensity
d) Other Factors
Plan Daily Workouts
a) How to Organize your Week
b) The Long Run
How to Coach Yourself through Multiple Training Cycles
BONUS: Recovering Between Events
By downloading this training guide, you hereby agree to the Journey Running Athlete Agreement. Though it is discussed in the agreement, it is assumed you have medical permission from a licensed professional to pursue any and all running and/or exercise training or that you are seeking approval before beginning to follow a training plan.
This 25 page guide aims to provide you with an easy-to-follow yet comprehensive framework to help you build your own training plans in the future. My hope as a coach is to create self-sufficient athletes who, once educated, can confidently and successfully build their own training plans, train themselves for events and have the knowledge to successfully complete ultramarathons on their own terms. With that said, the foundation of running any ultramarathon successfully is creating a training plan that is not only practical and customized but also one that you believe in. Below is an outline of what this guide covers. I include examples where necessary in this guide as well.
Topics covered in this guide include:
Picking Races/Events + Goal Setting
Assessing Current Fitness Level
Divide Your Training into Phases
a) An Overview of Training Models
Plan Weekly Goals
a) Progression Principles
b) Mileage
c) Intensity
d) Other Factors
Plan Daily Workouts
a) How to Organize your Week
b) The Long Run
How to Coach Yourself through Multiple Training Cycles
BONUS: Recovering Between Events
By downloading this training guide, you hereby agree to the Journey Running Athlete Agreement. Though it is discussed in the agreement, it is assumed you have medical permission from a licensed professional to pursue any and all running and/or exercise training or that you are seeking approval before beginning to follow a training plan.