WWHHD
What would Hal Higdon do?
I had my 3.5 miler tonight, and I went over to the *drum roll* barracks to hit the trail. It went fantastic. I felt like running to the end of the trail which would only have been another half mile, but I didn’t because the plan called for 3.5 Miles, not 4. I wondered, what would Hal Higdon recommend. I don’t know, but I really wanted to put in the extra mileage. What do others do in that circumstance? Follow the plan, or go extra?
On a less than savory note, I picked up some Body Glide from Inside Track in Lancaster the other day and used it on my chest tonight. It seems to have worked fine, though the real test is on Saturday when I have a 5 miler.
Happy Chaffing!
Stats:
Distance: 3.51
Time: 0:37:07 (pace: 10:33)
Calories Burned: 577
Plans are called “plans” and not “Hal’s whimsy” for a reason. Seriously, though, every schedule has hard days and easy days… generally alternating.
If it’s me, I’m never afraid to push a hard day but always hesitant to push an easy day. The easy days are designed for recovery and pushing them just slows that process. If it’s a hard day, though, and you want to push it a little bit, I say go for it.
They always say, “Train to recover, don’t recover to train.”
The “easy” days are just as important (or more) than the days where you work hard. So I agree with Marcus. Take those easy days seriously; they are in the schedule for a reason.