Beating my PR through the year

[gilles13006]

Hi!

There are 11 different ranked events on the logbook :

Event
500
1,000
2,000
5,000
6,000
10,000
21,097
1:00.0
4:00.0
30:00.0
1:00:00.0

I would like to build a calendar through the year to make an attempt each month to beat one of those 11 PR.
The idea is to repeat the challenge every year.
But i don't know in which order? Should i mix short and long distances through the year, or should i do 6 months shorts + 6 months long?

I precise it's more for fun and i don't try to build an effective training plan.

[iain]

It depends what you are trying to do. Inevitably the training will be different for the extremes and a mixture in the middle (although some common themes / sessions). I would suspect that you could build an effective program doing in order. However there is a lot of crossovers. Many people have set personal best 2ks after marathon training, so you may wish to revisit some of the early distances with the benefit of further training. Conversely changing from distance to short might make the plateauing from similar sessions less of an issue (you might need to try alternative approaches otherwise to keep it fresh). So maybe alternate say HM, 5k, hour, 2k, 10k, 1k etc. But the most important thing is to do what you find rewarding and enjoy!

Conventional theory says that you should start with base building and this would suggest starting at the longer distances so long as these are not too long to do competitively within a month.

Also there is a "Nonathlon" Event requiring best times for all but minute and 4 min (with a bonus if you do a full 42195M Marathon).