Post Summer/Early Season High School Training

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14 years ago 09/05/2009 10:05am EDT

Hello fellow letsrunners

I know you guys get this all the time but I was looking for some advice. I'm a high school senior with prs of 54 (400), 203 (800), 440 (mile), 1647 (5k), 2301(4 miler). I trained pretty hard this summer, averaging around 60-70 miles. I also was a lifeguard so I swam almost a mile every morning. I did mostly base work over the summer with a tempo, vo2 workout, and long run every week. I ran some 5k (actually 3.2 miles) time trials this summer on the cement of 1714 and 1700. My 1700 splits were 532, 508, 525 (really really weird race). Anyways, since the season is starting our coach thinks that intervals are the key to success. We do workouts like 3 mile, 2 mile, 1 mile with 10 mins in between each on monday and tuesday. Wednesday there will be a recovery and thursday hill "sprints" and a 2 mile. Friday is recovery, race Saturday and I do my own long run on sunday. So, I just ran a time trial on a really tough course this morning an ran 1805. Feeling a little discouraged, what should I change training wise? Or do I change anything at all? Thanks and Love you all :]

14 years ago 09/05/2009 10:28am EDT

re: another high schooler

I think that the recovery between the 3 mile, 2 mile and 1 mile is too much. You should cut it down to 2-3 mins. Apart from that everything else looks like what we do at our school.You should do some drills, lunges, etc.. also on the easy days. Hit the weight rooms also.

14 years ago 09/05/2009 12:09pm EDT

re: another high schooler

You're starting a new training schedule with your coach. While you are in the process of adapting you will not be as fast. It's that simple.

Have faith.

14 years ago 09/05/2009 4:21pm EDT

re: Mooglee

Yea I don't decide the time of recovery, but I've been trying to just run during the recovery. And yea I probably do need to have a little more faith, its just that our coach has a reputation around the area of running his kids' legs out within the first month of the season. Im also kind of worried since there's such a sudden drop in miles that I will probably peak really early.

14 years ago 09/05/2009 8:24pm EDT

re: another high schooler

why were you doing v02 max stuff if the summer?! The tempo i understand but the V02 max stuff should be done in the middle of the season when you legs have fully aclimated to the workouts along with the mileage. Hope you don't poop out by october.

14 years ago 09/05/2009 8:50pm EDT

re: another high schooler

Tell you coach you need to jog in between your intervals in order to recover fully. run the 3mile as a tempo, 2mile a tad faster and the mile at 5k pace. If you jog the rests, you'd end up with a pretty decent fartlek type run. Embrace the hill sprints, nothing wrong with them. Make sure wednesday is a solid 7-8 miles, take friday off and keep the sunday longrun around 12-14miles.

You may have just had a bad/are tired from the new form of training. You'll be fine if you do this schedule. It's not ideal, but HSers have to be creative sometimes. Your summer seems like it was pretty solid. You'll be able to lean on that for 3months or however long your season is, i'm sure.

-STS

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