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Permalink Reply by Eric Orton on August 31, 2012 at 4:57pm

Hi Kathy - the point of the nose breathing in this program is not for the purpose you mention, but to help runners run slow enough for the transition and to help develop economy.  You will certainly improve in ways you are asking about, but again, that was not the intent of this use and program.

So again, this transition program is only to help make the transition to the B2R shoe.  It is not a cardiovascular training program.  You can make it into one by consistently increasing your run distance/times nose breathing.

Hope this helps - E

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Holmes on August 31, 2012 at 5:16pm

Thanks for that information.  I'm modifying the transition plan I've been doing - because I'm also in training for the Goofy at Walt Disney World in January - so I've built up to already doing nine miles in my B2R's (but I've been running in Newtons and Nike Frees for the last two years and knew what it would feel like if I pushed myself too far).  So my calves are been fine - it's my cardio capacity that I'm trying to work on as I'm more focused on endurance than speed.  (Although speed would always be nice.)

Do you have a cardio training plan that I'd be able to adapt?  I'm really enjoying the variety of the workouts and would love to switch right in to another plan when I'm done with this one in ten days.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Orton on August 31, 2012 at 5:19pm

i would look at the marathon plan.  It is based on heart rate, so sounds like just what you are looking for.  And based on where you are at, I think you could jump into the program at the week that would sequence with your race.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Holmes on September 17, 2012 at 4:55pm

Hi Eric - one more question!  I signed up for the marathon plan (excited to get started!) I see on your site on the training plan page there's a link to "export to outlook or iCal".  When I clicked on it, it simply put a single activity on the starting date.  Is there a way I can get the entire plan to download into my iCal calendar?  If not, I realize I can use Training Peaks and they'll email the days info to me - but since I utilize Garmin Connect it's an additional step to also use Training Peaks.

Thanks again!

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