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How can I race well when Im always tired by race day. We have 4 hard days a week! This is our schedule. Monday- 10 miles with last 2 all out Tuesday- track workout usually repeat 1000s Wednesday- 6 miles easy (easy is not really easy just not as hard as the workouts) Thursday- another workout usually 2x2 mile tempo repeats on the hilliest course my coach could find with 1.5 mile warm up and 1.5 mile cool down Friday- 5 miles easy Saturday- 5k race Sunday- 6 easy |
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doesn't seem that bad to me. whats making you run fast on your easy days? |
| runn |
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Yeah, really. That doesn't look bad if you're running easy on your easy days. |
| observeroftings |
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The monday session seems crazy to me. It is your longest day of the week, but then you throw in the ridiculous all out last two miles. Cut back on that, and it seems like a normal (relatively speaking) week. |
| your coach...whiny B |
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Take your pink panties off and run you sissy boy! |
| Running in the Rain |
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It's not a bad schedule except I would make workout days Monday and Wednesday. Why not do your own thing for the easy runs, who cares if you get dropped? It only really matters how fast you run during a race right? Also talk to your coach and be respectful. |
| Magic 8 Ball |
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In order to address this, one question; this is a California high school girls team, right? |
| Be Smart |
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Stop racing your teammates on the easy days. |
| info |
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Is this College or High School? 10 Miler with last 2 miles all out followed by repeats the next day is probably too much. Going more than 3 hard days a week is also probably too much....especially if all your runs are anaerobic. I love the guys on here who puff their chest out and call others weak or pussies...classic. Please post your pr's. |
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Are the last two miles really supposed to be "all out"? Our coach always used to tell us to try to pick up the pace for the last few miles of our long run, but that was more like tempo pace than all out. |
| Gonadss |
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Since Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday are only 5-6 miles easy, then your coach has some concept of recovery days. If this training schedule is too hard, I recommend running Wednesday easier, and also taking Sunday completely off. Remember, running is a long process that takes years to develop. You need to start easy and short, then gradually build up mileage and pace of runs. |
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The OP's complaint is that his coach has no concept of recovery days, however there are some supposed "easy" days interspersed in the schedule. If they are supposed to be easy then why would three hard days be too much? Either OP or his coach is at fault for the easy days being too fast. |
| lease |
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Not much to add to posts above. Talk to your coach--privately, not with an "audience"; preferably NOT at practice; and certainly not just before the workout is supposed to begin--and let him/her know that you feel really tired by the day of the meet. Ask his/her opinion of what you might do (or *not* do) to feel peppier, come meet day. [One thing you can do, if Sunday runs are on your own: do the Sunday running in the morning, so you get a good 30+ hours' rest before Monday's training.] If you're racing 5,000m, I'll assume you're in college. There should be an opportunity for you to speak, one on one, with the coach. In the alternative--and, again, just echoing multiple previous posts--stop trying to "win" the practices, and think about winning the meets! [Example: run Thursday's "tempo" session AS A TEMPO--the right pace *for you*, not for anyone else.] ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Another thing you can do: remember that training is a process of stress AND RECOVERY. The most frequent mistake that college runners make is acting as though the practices are the whole of training, and as though for the other 22 hours in a day they can forget about being athletes. Are you doing everything you can to recover properly? Are you going to bed "today"? (From Cliche 101, a required course in coaching school: "Every hour of sleep before midnight is worth two after midnight.") Are you going to bed and waking about the same times EVERY day, weekends included? Are you getting a solid eight hours' sleep, or more? Are you taking care of your assignments during the day, so that there's no need to stay up late, pull all-nighters, etc.? In other words: if you're going to ask the coach to make changes if needed, are you willing to do the same? |
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The easy pace for the "easy days" is too fast because we have a set "easy pace" that isnt that easy. And this is highschool. |
| lease |
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Okay, where (what State) is your high school? The last State I knew that had a 5,000 for HSers was Connecticut, but they dropped it a few years back IIRC. Seriously, I'd like to know which State is progressive enough to have a 5,000 during track season--they should be applauded! |
| max219 |
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Just ignore your coach and do your recovery days slower than he says. |
| Queton C. |
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If you take the easy days easy and cut out the 2 all out miles at the end of the 10 miler you should be fine and if these are early season races that do not mean too much you should not feel 100% going into every race. It is good to feel tired going into races and workouts early season. It is late in the season where you should feel sharp and rested. The best thing you can do is to talk to your coach and work out a way for you to train optimally. |
| NotAWeakAzz |
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My coach does something similar. Stop being a little b!tch and grow up. If you think it's too much, quit, and become a hobby jogger and go to Runners World. |