Christoph F. Eick's Training Plan
2002/2003 Season

Week TU WE TH FR SA SU MO S
Jul 30 -- 20 5 3M@3p (9) 6 t: 2x2M (10) -- 50
Aug 6 18* 6 -- -- -- 10 6 40
Aug 13 v: 8x800 (8) 5 11 -- ct: 4x2000 (9) 5 15 53
Aug 20 h: 9x500 RE2: (7) -- 6 mp: 4M (9) -- 10 5 37
Aug 27 h: 7x733 RE4/5 (7) -- 7 -- 5 -- Marathon DNF (21) 40
Sep 3 -- -- -- -- 6 7 5 18 (inj)
Sep 10 6 6 -- 11 5 17 5 50
Sep 17 h: 15x 200up|J200 (7) 11 -- 6 5 mp: 5M (20) 7 56
Sep 24 v: 12x400 (6) 11 7 t: 3M (8) -- 22 6 60
Oct 1 vrv: M-800-M (6) -- 8 -- 10M-Race (13) 14* 5 46
Oct 8 r: 4x[ 400 300 200 100] (7) 9 -- 8 t: 3.5M (8) 20 8 60
Oct 15 v: M-M-800-800-400-400 (7) -- t: 2x2M (11) -- 7 17 8 50
Oct 22 r: 14x200 800 (6) 11 -- t: 4M (8) 4 ct: 4x1200 (6) 5 40
Oct 29 -- mp: 2M (6) 5 -- 3 NYC Marathon (26) -- 40
Nov 5 -- 5 -- 6 5 8 -- 24
Nov 12 5 6 8 -- 13 5 -- 37
Nov 19 v: 2M-2x800-4x400 (8) 11 -- 5 t: 3.5M (6) 17 5 52
Nov 26 r: 4x[400-200-400] (6) -- 5M-Race (9) 13 7 20 5 60
Dec 3 20min: 400f|200i (7) 11 5 7 -- 30K-Race (21) 5 56
Dec 10 7 5+9 -- ct: 6x1200 (9) 20 9 5 64
Dec 17 v: 2000-1600-1200-800 (7) -- 11 5 ct: 4x2000 (9) 12 -- 44
Dec 24 v: 400-800-M-800-400 (10) 5 t: 2x2.5M (12) 7 mp: 3M (21) 9 -- 64
Dec 31 10 v: 5x1200 (9+8) -- ftl: 8x[3f|7s] (14) 7 -- 8 56
Jan 7 v: 400-800-1200-1200-800-400 (8) 11 -- ct: 2x2400 (8) -- 7 6 40
Jan 14 mp: 3x1M (7) -- 5 -- 3 HP Marathon (27) -- 42


r:= leg speed workout, usually done at mile-pace with 100% recovery
v:= VO2-max-workout, done at 3K to 5K-pace with 1/3 to 3/4 recovery
ct:= cruise intervals, run at threshhold pace (10K-pace + 15 seconds) with 1/5 recovery.
t:= threshold (tempo) run; easy running is interleaved with 1-3 segments of running at threshhold pace
mp:= running at marathon-pace
h: hill fartlek or intervals
ftl:= fartlek workout