Hey guys, how about making the most of technology and providing training updates and targets for us by email?
Going a step beyond the written plans in RW, is it possible to arrange more personal plans that could arrive at key moments when we're knackered?
This motivating and refocussing our attentions.
Think of the sponsorship possibilities ...
That way you could monitor progress giving you all sorts of info re articles and informing future article need!
Only a thought... I'll slip back to the dark side now.....
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I spoke to RW about using their written plans on our website in database format for this idea to see if I could get the system to print you all personalised plans with the appropriate dates and they said that they would not waive the copyright!!!!
pity.
SB
There must be a way to to do this, especially if it's only open to subscribers.
ie part of a subscriber package.. news, motivation from Sprts Psychologists at key times... injury advice and recipes when we get bored of carb loading...
Is this a good idea? If so, who's going to design it? (i'd be interested in giving it a go)
What parameters would we want to input?
Target time?
Target weekly mileage?
Starting Mileage?
Session profiles to use (A selection of maybe 5)
Valid profiles per day?
Has it been done before? No point re-inventing the wheel!
I am sure it is not a new idea, but I enjoy working out how to do these things.
SB
Increase by 10% each week, except last 2 weeks. Every 4th week is multipled by 75%. Give each day of the week a weighting, and there you go!
For each runner, you'd need race day and max. distance in week 14, then you could email out weekly schedules...
Have a look at http://www.houlihane.co.uk/running.htm
for a couple of samples.
Barkles, it's something we'd love to do - we're just pretty tied up with the new online race registration system at the moment. It's on the list - but it's a long list I'm sorry to say...
And in an ideal world I'd be happy to let go of our schedules for tweaking, but we have a blanket copyright on everything on the site to keep things as simple as possible.
All the best
the other Sean
Chances are you still need to tweak it to suit your timetable, and you risk overdoing it because you feel you've got to stick to what the schedule says.
You've got to be self-motivated to do marathon training successfully; use schedules for ideas and inspiration, and compare notes with your running mates, the rest should be based on your own insight into your capabilities on a given day. Go on - disagree!
Was just trying to suggest ways of using the old electronic comunication system to improve the schedule system..
I had an interesting chat with Sean about this and he confirmed what I thought was the case. If I were to use the RW programs on the site for you lot then I would be in breach of their copyright.
However I still have my thinking cap on about training schedules and emails of your daily distances.
SB
if only we could let you loose on our site software. Now *that* would be a pooling of resources...
Sean
Give me a call and we can chat about this.
SB
The RW schedules are fine although they do need tweaking for individuals, after all we are all different.
However for those with a moderate knowledge of spreadsheets can knock up a revised schedule for pace/time/speed for target times in between those published in RW.
I find that it is almost impossible to follow schedules exactly and invariably sessions are swapped because of injuries,races,nights out & trips to the outlaws.
Also in 3 months if all goes well you may up target times from say 4h15 to sub4.
As regards motivation,one needs to look no further than the forum.
Sorry for waffling but I hope you get my point.