Training plans

Here is the schedule I have been looking at and I am now in need to really begin working to catch up to it for Chippewa:

Week Of	Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Miles
02/20/12	10	0	2	4	6	0	14	8	34
02/27/12	9	0	4	4	6	0	16	10	40
03/05/12	8	0	4	6	6	0	18	10	44
03/12/12	7	0	4	6	8	0	20	10	48
03/19/12	6	0	4	8	6	0	10	8	36
03/26/12	5	0	4	8	8	0	22	10	52
04/02/12	4	0	4	10	8	0	22	10	54
04/09/12	3	0	4	10	8	0	24	10	56
04/16/12	2	0	4	10	6	0	10	8	38
04/23/12	1	4	3	2	0	0	50K ultra	0	40

If I was on track, I need to run 14 miles for my long run and I would have run 12 miles during the work week and 8 miles on the other weekend day. My reality is 4 miles during the week, 3 miles yesterday and I do plan to go for 14 today,  so not completely off track nor am I where I should be.

On yesterday's run I was thinking about my other races for the year and how I am planning on Afton and Superior. How I want to finish it Superior and the work I need to accomplish between now and then to be able to do so. I thought about the training I would be doing so Afton popped in my head and it dawned on me that I volunteered last year and dropped out the previous 2 years, all because of injuries and when I entered Superior 2 years ago, I was also a little bit injured and proceeded to add to my injuries. So for this year my goal is to get to the starting line of all of my races healthy and trained.

So it begins today by getting in a long run of ~14 miles without doing any harm. Then next week I work to get back on plan and stay there all the way Chippewa.