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    8 years ago 06/27/2015 6:08pm EDT

    So I am a junior training for my senior year of track season. Our school has no XC and no reliable running coach so basically I am on my own in my training. MyPRs are 4:44 in the 1600 and 2:04 800. I bought the book Daniel's Running formula and am currently in week 4 of the first 6 week phase for the 1500-3000 meter training plan. Does this book really help? What are some tips for training on easy days? Right now I spend easy days on 45 minute or 30 minute E pace runs depending how I feel along with calisthenics or weight training later in the day. How has Daniel's Running Formula affected your race times? Any other tips are greatly appreciated

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    jewbacca

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    8 years ago 06/27/2015 7:20pm EDT
    re: highschool mid distance

    Daniels is the only way to go. Other books are okay, but he is the best at explaining the principes of training.

    What's your mileage? At lower volumes the E paces he specifies are okay, but I always thought they were too fast. Especially since I've been doing higher volume.

    If you follow his training, you'll probably drop a lot of time. Just be sure you're training at current fitness, not goal fitness, and you'll be fine.

  • highschool mid distance

    Anonymous Poster

    8 years ago 06/28/2015 4:06pm EDT
    re: jewbacca

    Sorry for the late reply but that's good to hear. My mileage is generally pretty low. My highest mileage is around 50 but at the moment I doubt I am breaking 40. I don't enjoy really long runs because running on your own gets pretty boring especially where I live with no other distance runners. People always tell me I am fast but they don't understand track speed haha. So should I stick to Daniel's E Pace?

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    8 years ago 06/28/2015 7:47pm EDT
    re: highschool mid distance

    E pace is honestly the least important of the paces. As long as you aren't going faster than E pace you should be fine. I find that as I get into the 2nd and 3rd periods and I'm doing more intense workouts that my E pace slows down. I have a sub-15 5k and sub-4 1500 but my typical "in-season" E pace is 7:15-7:20. Even in the base phase I rarely break 7:00.

    Daniels has been discussed extensively on the boards, it might be worth doing a search to find old threads to find others' experiences.

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