Ju-Ju's Magic Plan- a bit more detail please

[Nordic_Gillian]

Hi

I finished C26K in November and have been consolidating since but now feel ready to begin the Magic plan. I have found the schedule but underneath there are lots of links about Fartlek, intervals, hills etc but I'm not sure how these fit into the plan? Do you select one and 'have a go' or is it more scientific? I am concerned about over training as I am returning to running after injury and was hoping for more guidance.

If anyone has any advice, it would be really appreciated.

[PurpleFish59 Graduate10]

I’m not an expert as I only started week 1 this week but in the short 2.5k run I ran 1 minute out of every 5 at 10kph which is sort of like interval training. I’ll be aiming to increase the time running at 10kph each week with the aim that eventually I’ll be able to do a sub 30 minute 5k. The long run I’ll keep doing at a slow and comfortable pace. Basically I think it’s just a way of working some variety into your training if you want to, but equally I’m sure it’s fine just to run at your usual pace for all of the runs!

[Nordic_Gillian in reply to PurpleFish59]

Thank you for your tips. It helps keep things interesting.

[roseabi]

The Magic Plan is basically just the runs shown in the table, but we suggest that users might like to try adding some intervals to the shorter runs. The intervals are optional, as are the suggested strength exercises.

The Info post is really designed to go along with the groups that we start every couple of months. We post weekly with encouragement and suggestions - all the information in the Info post summarises 8 weeks of posts.

There should be a new group starting at the end of Jan/ beginning of Feb, so perhaps you might like to keep an eye out for the posts about that. Otherwise, I suggest you work through the plan, running the distances (or times) specified, at your own comfortable pace.

Hope this makes sense xxx

[Nordic_Gillian in reply to roseabi]

Thank you for your reply. Can you tell me how I would know when a group was beginning? Sounds good for encouragement.

[roseabi in reply to Nordic_Gillian]

You need to keep an eye out for the posts on here as I said. Alternatively if you follow me and ju-ju- you will get email notifications about everything we post, as long as you have allowed that in your settings.

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All the 'admins' here are volunteers, supporting and cheering on newer runners. They are not paid to provide training programmes and the links are just ideas about where you might like to go from here.

I would say if you want more structure/guidance you should look into getting a personal trainer, with whom you can discuss your particular training goals. Good luck

[Nordic_Gillian]

Thanks for your reply. I appreciate this and have acknowledged both replies with thanks. I only wanted to understand how the suggested links fitted in with the plan.

[roseabi in reply to Nordic_Gillian]

I do say in the Info post where the intervals fit into the plan, but I appreciate it is a long read! Yesterday I edited it a little to try and make it clearer. Unfortunately we do not currently have a way of making long posts easier to read, but we are working on it 😊😊😊

[SlowLoris]

I think the extras are DIY. Coach Google is always a good start.

momentumsports.co.uk/TtRunn...

This website has lots of very detailed explanations of different training techniques but there are numerous others.

[Nordic_Gillian in reply to SlowLoris]

Thank you. I’ll take a look.

[ju-ju- Graduate10]

Hello! I understand your confusion. As Abi has said, the links are suggestions and the plan itself is the thing to follow. I am about to post an invite for the next group where we will be working through the weeks as a group.

[Nordic_Gillian]

Thank you Ju-Ju. I'll look out for it.