Training & Plans

Training & Plans

How to plan your race calendar for the year

Two goal races a year, the rest as training. How to space events so you actually arrive at them fit, and why signing up for everything is the fastest route to a flat season.

Training & Plans

Couch to 5K for women: an 8-week plan that fits a real week

Three runs a week, walk breaks you are supposed to take, and a plan that survives the week you miss two sessions. Here is the eight-week version, plus what to do when life gets in the way.