1/2 Marathon Runners DAY 1

Mrs_AF

Hey ladies! I posted a thread over the weekend about starting a half marathon training today, so here is the accountability thread. I am using this training schedule (more or less)

http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/novice.htm

Todays focus is stretch and srength, so here is my workout for the day:

Warm up:
5 minute warm up (either bike or jog) to get HR up. Stretch 5-10 minutes.

Abs:
1 minute straight leg (feet lifted about 6 inches from the floor)
30 Flutter kicks (counting 1-2-3-1, 1-2-3-2, etc)
30 full sit ups
30 bicycles (counting 1-2-3-1, 1-2-3-2)

Upper Body:
60 pushups, in sets of 20 (start with full pushups, and move to your knees if necessary)

Tricep dips
Time yourself for 1 minute at a steady pace. This is your max number. For the next 2 sets, do half of your max.

Pull ups
4 sets of ten assisted pullups This really only works if you have a gym (or happen to have one of these fancy machines at home), so if you are working at home, you can really do any good back/bicep exercise.

Lower Body:
Wall sits (4 x 45 second wall sits with 30 second breaks)
Walking lunges with 10 lb weights (7 paces there, 7 paces back, rest. Repeat 2 more times)

Stretch:
Full body stretch for 10 minutes

alschmid

Another Phoenix knottie!  So which half are you training for?  I signed up for the Lost Dutchman!  And I am also doing Halhigon's plan, but we are trying kind of a mix between the novice and intermediate.

So, in the spirit of the thread.

Today, I did strength training and cardio -

40 Minutes on elliptical
Upper body - all 3 sets of 10:
     incline press
     shoulder press 
     lat pulldowns
     chest flys
     back (ok, I dont' know what this machine is called)

(oh and those walking lunges are brutal - I am always so sore from those I can't sit - will be complaining about those later this week!)
    

BlueTopazBride

I modified your workout a bit, to my level:
2 straight leg 45s

30 flutter kicks

30 sit ups

plank 2m

2 sets bicycle, 15 ea

3set 20x pushup (on kneess) (omg my arms burned)

3set 45x tricep dips (fast-slow)

3set 20x leg lifts 5lb weights

3set 10 walking lunges 5lb weights

way to go starting strong!