DAY ONE of 2023 DOPEY CHALLENGE TRAINING STARTS TODAY!! WOW! Hasn't life been crazy over the last couple of years?! It has been for me at least. SO much has happened in my personal life...big life changes and all for the good! I'm looking back at my blog and realizing that it has been AT LEAST 2 years since I have updated here. I have been beyond busy. Family, working full time, teaching classes, kids leaving home, becoming an empty nester..... and soooooo many date nights with my hubs. Life has been good to me.
Once again, I'm training for
runDisney's Dopey Challenge. I always get super excited when I start my training plan. I write it all out, buy new gear and shoes, and enjoy the love/hate relationship with training for this challenge that I have.
On this post, I'm jumping right in and am going to post my plan.
But, if you're new here, here is what I'm doing! I'm running the 2023 Dopey Challenge (my 10th one) and I'm just as excited for the 10th one as I was my first. I will run a 5k on Thursday (3.1 miles), a 10k on Friday (6.2 miles), a Half Marathon on Saturday (13.1 miles) and a Full Marathon on Sunday (26.2 miles.) This race sold out very quick and has a 90's retro vibe (which I absolutely adore.)
Last years' Dopey was a fiasco....so I'm glad to put that one behind me and move forward! I'll write a post about that one later. LOL
So here is my thought process for my training plan for 48.6 miles around Walt Disney World. I am going to build a solid 12 week Half marathon training base, run a few races as training runs and then begin and 18 week Dopey Challenge training plan.
I'm following the
Hal Higdon training plan this year. I've done others in the past and this one seems to work for me. With this plan, I run 4 days a week during the 12 week Half Marathon training and 5 days a week during the 18 week Dopey Challenge training.
I am going to list is out very simple for you here... I have set my days to run to be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and long runs will either be on Saturday or Sunday. When I start the 18 week program, I will run Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and both Saturdays and Sundays. However, I need to give the disclaimer that I always tweak my schedule according to my family life and may miss a run here and there or I have to make it up some other time. The most important thing to remember is to not beat yourself up if you miss a run. AND, nutrition, hydration and rest are just as important as logging the miles.
Hope this helps if anyone needs a plan to follow!
Week 1 --- 3 miles, 2 miles, 3 miles, 4 miles
Week 2 --- 3 miles, 2 miles, 3 miles, 4 miles
Week 3 --- 3.5 miles, 2 miles 3.5 miles, 5 miles
Week 4 --- 3.5 miles, 2 miles, 3 miles, 5 miles
Week 5 --- 4 miles, 2 miles, 3 miles, 6 miles
Week 6 --- 4 miles, 2 miles, 3.5 miles, 5k (3.1 mile race)
Week 7 --- 4.5 miles, 3 miles, 4.5 miles, 7 miles
Week 8 --- 4.5 miles, 3 miles, 4.5 miles, 8 miles
Week 9 --- 5 miles, 3 miles, 5 miles, 10 (6.2 mile race)
Week 10 -- 5 miles, 3 miles, 5 miles, 9 miles
Week 11 -- 5 miles, 3 miles, 5 miles, 10 miles
Week 12 -- 4 miles, 3 miles, 2 miles, 13.1 miles
Week 1 --- 3 miles, 5 miles, 3 miles, 3 miles, 13 miles,
Week 2 --- 3 miles, 5 miles, 3 miles, 7 miles
Week 3 --- 3 miles, 5 miles, 3 miles 4 miles, 14 miles
Week 4 --- 3 miles, 6 miles, 3 miles, 8 miles
Week 5 --- 3miles, 6 miles, 3 miles, 5 miles, 15 miles
Week 6 --- 3 miles, 6 miles, 3 miles, 9 miles
Week 7 --- 4 miles, 7 miles, 4 miles, 6 miles, 16
Week 8 --- 4 miles, 7 miles, 4 miles, 10 miles
Week 9 --- 4 miles, 7 miles, 2 miles, 7 miles, 17 miles
Week 10 -- 4 miles, 8 miles, 4 miles, 11 miles
Week 11 -- 5 miles, 8 miles, 3 miles 8 miles, 18 miles
Week 12 -- 6 miles, 8 miles, 5 miles, 12 mile race
Week 13 -- 5 miles, 5 miles, 4 miles, 9 miles, 19 miles
Week 14 -- 5 miles, 8 miles, 5 miles, 13 miles
Week 15 -- 5 miles, 2.5 miles, 5 miles, 10 miles, 20 miles
Week 16 -- 5 miles, 4 miles, 12 miles
Week 17 -- 4 miles, 3 miles 8 miles
Week 18 -- 2 miles, 5k (3.1), 10k (6.2), Half Marathon (13.1), Full Marathon (26.2)
I hope you will follow along and can use this training plan for your own race!
Happy Training and See you REAL SOON!!
xoxo, Bamagirlruns
