If you CrossFit and train for endurance races....

[woowoo]

What is your schedule?  I'm back at CrossFit after a 2 year hiatus (woof...so weak!) and am trying to figure out how to do that and still keep up a bit of my swim/bike/run endurance I've built up through HIM training (still need to do that race report!).

Even if you only focus on running and CrossFit - what is your schedule like?

I'm thinking of this:

Sat:  Long Bike/or spinning class
Sun: Longer run
Mon: Swim
Tues: CrossFit
Wed: Crossfit plus run
Thurs: Crossfit
Friday: Rest day

Thoughts?  I like putting the bike/run on the weekends because we're out of town a lot and I can often do those on the road....

[Deleted]

I don't do crossfit, but I'm doing new rules of lifting and on those days I do a sprint workout. So I'd guess it's somewhat comparable to cross fit.

My schedule:

Sat - soccer
Sun - long run
Mon - off
Tues - Lift/sprint
Wed - 5 to 6 mile run
Thurs - Lift
Fri - pole dancing & short run (or happy hour instead of run depending on my mood )

[spunkypenguin]

Your schedule sounds reasonable.
I don't CF, but I am doing NROLW during my marathon training - my schedule is usually:
M - Recovery cycling/swimming
Tu - Lift + Track Intervals
W - Rest
Th - Tempo Run
F - Lift
Sa - Spin Class
Su - Long Run

[Deleted]

Aug 26, 2014 18:08:17 GMT -5 spunkypenguin said:

Your schedule sounds reasonable.
I don't CF, but I am doing NROLW during my marathon training - my schedule is usually:
M - Recovery cycling/swimming
Tu - Lift + Track Intervals
W - Rest
Th - Tempo Run
F - Lift
Sa - Spin Class
Su - Long Run

We're kind of work out twins

When is your marathon? Mine is in Nov

[spunkypenguin]

Aug 26, 2014 18:28:18 GMT -5 @wandering said:

Aug 26, 2014 18:08:17 GMT -5 spunkypenguin said:

Your schedule sounds reasonable.
I don't CF, but I am doing NROLW during my marathon training - my schedule is usually:
M - Recovery cycling/swimming
Tu - Lift + Track Intervals
W - Rest
Th - Tempo Run
F - Lift
Sa - Spin Class
Su - Long Run

We're kind of work out twins

When is your marathon? Mine is in Nov

Oct 5th

[wambam]

Every I know that has tried to do it seriously has ended up choosing between CF and running. And they usually choose running

[woowoo]

Aug 26, 2014 18:46:59 GMT -5 wambam said:

Every I know that has tried to do it seriously has ended up choosing between CF and running. And they usually choose running

Yeah...I think once summer rolls around again I'll have to choose one or the other.  For now I just want to keep biking and running through the winter so I don't lose ALL of my endurance fitness.  Sad that I'm already thinking about winter.....

[carilyn]

I'm new to CF, but have gone 3-4 times a week for the last 7 weeks. Part of that I was still in marathon recovery mode and wasn't running much. I want to get my $$ worth from CF, so it's important to me to go at least 3-4 maybe even 5 times a week (probably more in the winter months when running is less appealing). The month of August, I've done a longer run on Sundays (6-10miles), and at least 1-2 shorter runs (3-5miles) during the week. My actual schedule depends on my work schedule for the week since I work 12hr nights.

A "typical" week has looked like:
Sun: LR 6-10 miles
Mon: CF
Tues: CF
Wed: short run (am) CF (pm)
Thurs: rest
Fri: CF
Sat: rest or short easy run depending on how tired I am

My goal at this point is to stay in HM shape through at least fall, then maybe cut back some in winter, depending on weather. I do hope to do another marathon next Spring, so, we'll see at that point what will happen. I probably will switch to CF 2x/wk and change to a "punch card" instead of a monthly unlimited fee. However, I'm probably in the minority when it comes to marathon (or HM) training in that I only ran 3-4 days a week and my peak week was 38 miles, I believe. My body doesn't handle 5+ days of running well!

[shoeless]

I 'only' run half marathons but here is a typical week for me:

M: crossfit (am)
T: crossfit (am)/ 3-5 miles easy run (pm)
W: intervals (generally 5-6 miles total)
H: crossfit (am)/ 3-5 miles easy (pm)
F: rest
Sat: long run (10-12 miles)
Sun: rest or yoga