Hi Friend
I've set up a training account for you and added the first few weeks of training.
I'm aiming at trying to get your mileage up quickly, whilst not risking injury. It's a bit tricky with that half marathon so soon- I'm wanting you to get some miles in your legs before that, but not increase your training load by too much.
None of your training ever needs to be stuck to religiously. You need to listen to your body, and if you're feeling unwell or you have a niggle, you're not sleeping well, or you're just feeling totally fatigued, you need to let me know so that I can adjust your training,. But don't stick to a session just because it's on the plan if you are really not up to it. Having said that, don't be soft either.
I've left bouldering for Sundays, but if you want to switch it to Monday any week, you'll need to move the tempo run for the following week to the Sunday, boulder Monday, and do you faster work later in the week.
You'll find I mostly prescribe training based on duration, rather than distance. Over the years I've found my runners are better able to get their pacing right if we work on duration. Otherwise the tendency is to run faster to get a certain number of kms in when they are pushed for time!
Training Paces
You'll receive an email shortly with some training paces for each type of run. Some aren't relevant at the moment. This can also be found from your dashboard by clicking on the notes tab.
Training App Access
You will need to log in to the Members' Area of our website to view your training program, or you can download our free training app to your phone. We use the Training Tilt platform, so you will need to search on Training Tilt in your app store.
Your login details for the Hooked on Running members area are:
Username: bronwendelbridge@gmail.com
Password: DBresults25
When copying and pasting your password, be careful you don't include any spaces.
I have set you up to receive email notifications of your next 2 days' workouts between 5pm and 6pm every day. You can change the delivery time or switch the notifications off by going into your profile - click on your name on the top right of the screen.
Recording Your Training
Ideally, you will connect a Strava account to our training app. This makes it much easier for me to analyse the data from you runs. It is possible to connect your Garmin directly to our app, but the data visuals are not great, so if you can connect via Strava, that would be helpful.
You will need to create a free Strava Account.
Go to Strava.com and create a FREE account. YOU DO NOT NEED A PAID ACCOUNT
Once you've created an account, click on the drop down box on the top right of screen next to your name and click on Settings
On the left hand menu, click on Privacy Controls, and set your privacy so that ONLY followers can see your activities and your profile. You can deny or allow requests to follow you, so that you can control who can see your activities. I will need to follow you to see your workout data.
Connect Your Garmin to Strava
Follow the instructions on this web page to connect your Garmin Connect account to Strava
https://support.garmin.com/en-AU/?faq=4uYoMd5zEt22rg0iehnro9
Connect Strava to Hooked on Running Account
Log into your Hooked on Running Training Tilt account
On the top right of the screen, click on the drop down box beside your name.
Click on Settings
Scroll down to connections, and connect to Strava. (Do not link your Garmin here)
That is definitely enough information for now!
Please get in touch if you need any help at all. The more information I have about your training, the better I can help you. You can email me any time.
Regards
Kirsten
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Kirsten Todd
0423 191 854
