chris, few days across the pond and already with the gibberish?
Nah - I just forgot there was a need to translate
chris, few days across the pond and already with the gibberish?
Yah, that's the premise I'm operating under in my push to up the daily and weekly mileage, but it's good to hear your endorsement, along with DNEChris's and others.Speed comes on its own.
Thanks for the suggestion Scratch. I already do a version of strides down on the track, which is just accelerating throughout the length of the field, in addition to full-out sprints, but I'll give your version a try on one of my next runs, maybe towards the end of my next longer run. I've also been meaning to incorporate fartleks, which fit in well with my lazy mentality. I like the idea of running harder for however long I feel like it, and then slowing down again. The problem is, first thing in the morning, it takes me a while to warm up, and sometimes I never feel like going faster than easy pace, but I think that's beginning to change as I adapt to the schedule a bit more, as well as the distances.Lee, you might want to try throwing in some strides from time to time. You accelerate for about 10 seconds, hold that speed for another 20 seconds, then give yourself a minute and a half break before the next repetition. That'll give you some benefit of the neuromuscular adaptations you need for faster running, but without a whole lot of extra stress. There's also Brad Hudson and other coaches' idea of short hill sprints, 8 to 10 seconds of all out effort up a good slope, then full full recovery, like 2 or 3 minutes, between each hill sprint.
I think your legs are feeling good on your easy runs or long runs, the strides can probably be a good boost and sometimes help break up the monotony of running at one pace most of the time.
This is a very, very good idea- me thinks.I think I'll try to stay between 10 and 13 miles for another 2-4 weeks .
Back and hips.
Just signed up for a 4 trail miler this coming Saturday. Wish me luck...if it's not too much to ask of course
Yah, I think my preference would be for fartleks simply because I'm lazy and don't like having to think about exact numbers or effort levels. Plus with street running it's not always easy to measure things in time rather than, say, the distance between two poles or streets. But the principle is the same, of mixing up paces within a longer run.My own feeling is don't be afraid to throw some strides in on a longer or a longish run if the legs are feeling good and you're not already grinding it out some. Like last night, after getting the 3.5 done and my friend calling it a night, I then threw in 4x30s strides in between miles 3.5 and 4.5, then finished up with a mile cooldown of easier pace, but somewhat faster than what I had run the first 3.5 miles. I've been liking the ideas I see in Tinman's training philosophies and right now my plan is to try to do some strides in the middle of my easy runs which are going at least over 3 miles, the idea being that gives me 10 to 15 minutes of warmup time, then a stretch where I throw in the strides, and then at least 5 minutes but hopefully more on the order of 10 to 15 minutes of cooldown running. It just seems like a really good idea to get the legs all good and warm, throw in the small injections of speed, and then cooldown and circulate some blood through the legs.
So I think that gave me a good workout last night. Got some good distance to expand my aerobic capabilities, and got in that tiny bit of faster running to break up the monotony some and hopefully improve the coordination of my body while running faster.
Hopefully, once I get all ramped up, I will be able to manage 1 long run a week, 1 tempo run, and some strides in on the easy and long runs where the legs are feeling good.
Watch out everyone, Abide just decloaked.Going for the win?
I'll give it my best shot don't know how competitive this race is. I'll see when I get there.Going for the win?
That's right, it's not as easy to get away with running holding a bag of brown 25 when you don't have a dog running with you.5 miles today on a warm and windy day. Feet were on the tender side today, but that could have been caused by yesterday's 1 mile run at warp speed as I all of sudden had some gastrointestinal discomfort that needed tending too quickly. Damn those seasonal bugs are coming early this year.
Watch out everyone, Abide just decloaked.
How's your PF Abide? I hope it's cleared up.
Your neighbors aren't fixed? That's good right?did an easy 3 miler with my dog. left the neighbors at home and it was a much easier run. that guy isn't fixed so he wants to stop all the time.
I'll give it my best shot don't know how competitive this race is. I'll see when I get there.
You missed my post where I took an age graded overall female first place trophy and 50 bucks couple of weeks agoWHAT! you can't sign up for a race and not race to win! Go kick some ass! Unless you are running against 6 year olds, then you can take it easy Dama.
Why is it taking so long to heal? not giving it enough rest time, maybe?Same old same old. I droppped halfway through my 50k the other week. Started prolotherapy a couple of weeks ago but so far not much has changed.
The good thing is I can still lift. And I am going to start running again tomorrow, damn the PF!