Winter 2015 Training Plan

I took quite a bit of time to put together my winter training schedule. I've developed a new role with my friends and training partners - that of trainer!

What I have done is developed a plan to slowly boost cardio fitness while focusing on upper body strength. Still my weakness even after some big gains last year.

We're doing stronglifts and Hal Higdon half-marathon training for the next 12 weeks.

Week	Start Date	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	(monday)	Rest day	Gym Day	Run Day (mi)	Gym Day	Run Day	Gym Day	Long Day	mileage totals	%+	Notes
1	12/1/2014	REST	Strength A	3	Strength B	3	Strength A	4	10	NA
2	12/8/2014	REST	Strength B	3	Strength A	3	Strength B	4	10	0%
3	12/15/2014	REST	Strength A	3	Strength B	3	Strength A	5	11	10%
4	12/22/2014	REST	Strength B	3.5	Strength A	3.5	Strength B	5	12	9%
5	12/29/2014	REST	Strength A	3.5	Strength B	3.5	Strength A	6	13	8%
6	1/5/2015	REST	Strength B	3.5	Strength A	4	Strength B	5.2	12.7	-2%	1 mile warmup, 5k race, 1 mile cooldown
7	1/12/2015	REST	Strength A	4	Strength B	4	Strength A	7	15	18%
8	1/19/2015	REST	Strength B	4	Strength A	4	Strength A/Blizzard Blast	8	16	7%	6 during Blizzard Blast + 2 Sunday
9	1/26/2015	REST	Strength A	4.5	Strength B	5	Strength A	7.4	16.9	6%	1 mil warmup, 10k race
10	2/2/2015	REST	Strength B	4.5	Strength A	5	Strength B	9	18.5	9%
11	2/9/2015	REST	Strength A	5	Strength B	5	Strength A	10	20	8%
12	2/16/2015	REST	Strength B	4	Strength A	2	Strength B	13.2	19.2	-4%	half marathon

Where A and B correspond to the two Stronglifts sessions. Everyone is excited about the Stronglifts app and hoping for a really good winter training.

I'm just about to start week 3 and it is really good so far. Some hiccups with a sprained ankle, but I'm staying focused now that it has healed.