Training Schedule:

At the root, my basic training schedule, since the Grand Canyon Rim2Rim distance is almost that of a marathon,  will be based on a schedule I found on “marathonrookie.com” (link provided below).  Along with the training schedule, the site cautions,

“This beginner marathon training program assumes you have been running consistently for at least 8-10 weeks and can run for at least thirty minutes without stopping before beginning the program. Do not run more than two consecutive days when following this schedule.”

The link provides a 16 week training schedule for a rookie preparing to run a Marathon.  I have, as of 18 March, 27.6 weeks before I run the canyon on 28 September 2018.  That gives me 11-1/2 weeks to get in good enough shape to begin training – I think I’ll need every bit of it.

http://www.marathonrookie.com/support-files/16weekmarathonschedule.pdf

I plan to capture my logged miles in a Excel worksheet that I call  “Kyle’s Miles”.   In addition to miles, I track my weight change, whether I walked, ran or walked/ran as well as the time/pace per mile.  In addition, it provides a count-down to the date of my canyon “run.”