HELP ME! I Havent PR'd in 3 Years.

Training Advice/Discussion

9 years ago 02/26/2015 11:13am EST

I'll be entering my last eligible year to compete in college, and I want to break all my pr's 1500m-1/2 marathon by the this time next year. I have some races lined up for the early and late summer (15km in April, 10km in May, 1/2 in June, 5km in August) and then school xc season starts in september. My question is how should I schedule my summer to race well then and continue that success through the fall. I don't know wether to peak for the 10km in may, then run the 1/2 off base and then build for XC, or to just slowly build all summer and race of base.

pr's 1500m: 4:00, 3km: 8:52, 5km: 15:35, 8km: 25:42, 10km: 32:26, 15km: 54:16, 1/2: 1:17:24.

9 years ago 02/26/2015 11:17am EST

re: More beers less fears.

Move up to ultras. You'll set new PRs, PLUS you'll get to brag to your officemates. Maybe even put a "100" sticker on your car.

9 years ago 02/26/2015 11:34am EST

re: More beers less fears.

Have you ever raced off base in the past?

Has it dawned on you yet how much better a 4:00 1500 is than any of your other times?

You will race better if you group your races together. Since your 5k and 10k are much better than your 15k and HM, try to find a HM (5/1) 2 weeks after your 15k (4/15). Then 3 weeks later run 10k (5/22) and 3 weeks later 5k (6/15). Even better, just bag the HM and 15k you just aren't trained for them.

9 years ago 02/26/2015 12:07pm EST

re: %YFGIjkf

The 15km and 1/2 marathon were both fun runs out of season, and the 15:35 5km was off just base. I know the order of the races aren't ideal, but thats the best I can do with my location.

9 years ago 02/26/2015 12:18pm EST

re: More beers less fears.

Do you not have a track program where you go to school?

9 years ago 02/26/2015 12:47pm EST

re: citius5000

yes, only indoors though (Canadian School), and the program has never been very good to me. I improve the most by doing tempos and longer intervals, and our coach is pretty much the opposite of that, so i haven't found much success.

9 years ago 02/26/2015 1:45pm EST

re: More beers less fears.

More beers less fears. wrote:
yes, only indoors though (Canadian School), and the program has never been very good to me. I improve the most by doing tempos and longer intervals, and our coach is pretty much the opposite of that, so i haven't found much success.

Have you ever considered talking to your coach about your individual training needs?

If so, what'd you say? What'd he say?

9 years ago 02/26/2015 1:57pm EST

re: um..............

Individual training needs, what a novel idea.

Where do you go to school? In the Yukon?

9 years ago 02/26/2015 5:25pm EST

re: um..............

yeah, tried that and he said, hold the course, you will be fine.

9 years ago 02/26/2015 5:27pm EST

re: More beers less fears.

But what i'm looking for here is just some thoughts on how to train for the summer going into xc season.

9 years ago 02/26/2015 6:59pm EST

re: fred

fred wrote:
Individual training needs, what a novel idea.
Where do you go to school? In the Yukon?

Yeah. No longer in school. Ran for Stanford.

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