Improving post-collegiately

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7 years ago 11/24/2016 8:39pm EST

Hi guys,

I started running without any background my freshmen year of college, so I still don't know how to properly train, post-collegiately.

I've still got quite a bit of goals since I have only been running for 3.5 years, and I would like some help figuring out how to properly towards my benchmarks. Having limited access to people to train with also doesn't help, but it doesn't discourage getting after the grind.

My primary goals are 14:30-ish in the 5k, and a sub 4:00 in the 1500. Sub 2:00 in the 8, and a quick 10k would be sweet, but I'm mostly invested in the 5k and 15.

Here are my current PR's:

800: 2:00

1500: 4:14

3000: 9:06

5000: 15:38

8000 (xc): 26:20

10000: 33:00

I'm at around 70-80 mpw which might be too much since I'm used to a max of 55 mpw in college, but it's gotten me back to around my 8k pr and the legs don't really feel that flat anymore.

Any tips/guidance would be awesome. Thanks guys.

7 years ago 11/25/2016 4:47pm EST

re: BradBrad

BradBrad wrote:
Hi guys,
I started running without any background my freshmen year of college, so I still don't know how to properly train, post-collegiately.
I've still got quite a bit of goals since I have only been running for 3.5 years, and I would like some help figuring out how to properly towards my benchmarks. Having limited access to people to train with also doesn't help, but it doesn't discourage getting after the grind.
My primary goals are 14:30-ish in the 5k, and a sub 4:00 in the 1500. Sub 2:00 in the 8, and a quick 10k would be sweet, but I'm mostly invested in the 5k and 15.
Here are my current PR's:
800: 2:00
1500: 4:14
3000: 9:06
5000: 15:38
8000 (xc): 26:20
10000: 33:00
I'm at around 70-80 mpw which might be too much since I'm used to a max of 55 mpw in college, but it's gotten me back to around my 8k pr and the legs don't really feel that flat anymore.
Any tips/guidance would be awesome. Thanks guys.

It doesn't sound like 70-80 mpw is too much for you if you're running close to your 8k PR. If you're most interested in 1500/5000, then you should have access to regular races. Is that the case?

7 years ago 11/25/2016 9:55pm EST

re: amateur coach

Finding races is a little harder now that I'm out of college, sources to find these kind of races would also be really helpful. I just moved to Baltimore though and it looks like there will be a lot of college invitationals starting in February through the spring. For now I can't find any races really until then.

7 years ago 11/28/2016 7:20pm EST

re: BradBrad

Directathletics.com is a great place to find open meets

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