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Training Advice/Discussion High School

9 years ago 07/29/2014 11:01pm EDT

I'm going into my senior year, and I think I can make some huge gains in my PR's, but I'm having so much trouble overcoming the mental obstacles of running. I feel like I'm so much faster than I was. I was running 5:09 in the 1600 in February, but at finals only ran 4:49. I've only PR'ed in my cross country pace by about 5 sec per mile in my time in high school. Also when I finish a race, the second I finish I'm ready to go on cool down run, while others are understandably trying to recover from running hard. During the race I don't feel like I could have gone any harder, but at the same time I don't feel like I'm capable of really pushing myself to my limits. Any tips and/or tricks to help me push harder longer?

9 years ago 07/30/2014 12:56pm EDT

re: krutt96

EVERY DAY do a 8-12 min tempo, and make sure it's pretty hard. Most people who reply in the future will say that's terrible advice, but it actually can be good for the mental aspect of pushing hard everyday. Do not count this as part of your workout, just as your warmup. You will also gain strength for those latter miles.

Pacing: if your 3 mile is 15:00, try running at 5:10 pace for the 8-12 minutes every day.

9 years ago 07/30/2014 2:06pm EDT

re: qwe

qwe wrote:
EVERY DAY do a 8-12 min tempo, and make sure it's pretty hard. Most people who reply in the future will say that's terrible advice, but it actually can be good for the mental aspect of pushing hard everyday. Do not count this as part of your workout, just as your warmup. You will also gain strength for those latter miles.
Pacing: if your 3 mile is 15:00, try running at 5:10 pace for the 8-12 minutes every day.

Agreed, this is terrible advice.

Just resolve beforehand to give a 100% effort, stick with the plan, then don't second-guess yourself afterwards.

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