Breaking Four: Thursday the 29th

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Thursday the 29th

As I suspected from yesterday, my right hamstring and right calf are extremely tight/sore today. This early on in my training, I'd be a fool to push them right now. I did an upper body/core workout today and plan on hitting the road again tomorrow. Sometimes you gotta do what ya gotta do.

twenty-cents-a-mile

Over the next year as I embark on this incredible journey to break a four-minute mile, I'm going to be raising money through twenty-cents-a-mile.

For every mile that I run until Dec 31, 2010, I'll be donating twenty cents per mile to The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation. The goal is to raise $50,000.

Sound like something you'd like to be apart of? Follow my blog and join me to help out this great cause. There are no contracts for this, it's purely for motivation for me and for a great cause to help fund research for children with brain tumors.

After each month I'll post how many miles I've ran that month. For example, if I run 50 miles in October, I will donate $10 for that month. Donations can be made at anytime and do not have to be in correlation with the amount of miles I have run. Every donation counts!

To donate go to www.firstgiving.com/breakingfour

my running plan for the next 14 months

Now until Dec 31, 2009 - Start running as much as possible. I need to build leg strength and stamina. I won't be timing myself anymore, just running as much as my legs can take.

Jan 1, 2010 is when the real training begins. To break a four-minute-mile, each lap around a standard track (4 laps total) will need be run in under 60 seconds. I'll break the year into four-three month training periods. Each three month period being designed to build on from the previous three months. At the end of each three month period I will attempt a new mile run. March, June, September, and December. The month of December 2010 will be dedicated purely to running mile runs in an effort to break the four-minute-mile.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Thursday the 29th

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