

Once it’s on your calendar, by all means adjust the scheduled runs as necessary so your running life doesn’t wreck your non-running life and vice-versa. The scope of this app is intentionally narrow-it helps get a stock training plan onto your calendar with as little friction as possible. So, seriously, understand what you’re getting yourself into so you get the most out of your training and don’t hurt yourself.

The plans will make little sense if you don’t take the time to read the books they came from. I’ve read these books and have trained with programs from them in the past.

So to save myself this mundane ritual as I lock in a training schedule for the 2016 Boston Marathon (and many evenings and weekends since), I hacked together a web application that lets me: It’s a collosal waste of time and an easy way add or remove a few miles with a careless fat finger. Instead, I do what you probably do: I enter each training run by hand.

Your training needs to work despite travel you do, work deadlines you face, kid schedules, doctor’s appointments, election days, Maker Faire, visits from out-of-town friends, baseball games, dates, gran fondos, colonoscopies, court appearances-whatever life throws at you is easier to manage when it’s on a calendar.Įach time I gear up for a race, I search Google for a way to marry a training plan to my calendar and I’m surprised when nothing comes up. After all, you’re not likely to kill that Sunday long run if it follows that Saturday night Phish show. Having a good training plan is key, but understanding how your running life intersects your non-running life is even more important. Often, the biggest challenge in running a race is finding the time to train.
