Tired of being a sluggy self coached runner. Need a real good online coach!

I like McMillan. You can get online coaching, but if just a plan is what you need you can get that, too.

McFan wrote:

I like McMillan. You can get online coaching, but if just a plan is what you need you can get that, too.

I need personal coaching day by day,week by week. Will this McMillan do that himself?

Ambitious runner wrote:

McFan wrote:

I like McMillan. You can get online coaching, but if just a plan is what you need you can get that, too.

I need personal coaching day by day,week by week. Will this McMillan do that himself?

I'm not sure whether he does that personally because I don't use that service. You'd have to inquire on his website.

What are your goals?

Smoove wrote:

What are your goals?

Sub 29 min 10 k and a 2.15 marathon. I have tried to follow the main stream here on LRC for a couple of years and now run + 100 mls per week.Seem to got stuck! More mileage doesn`t look to be the thing... ?

What are your current PRs?

What has your general approach to training been in the past (Weekly mileage? How many quality days per week? Regular tempo and interval sessions? Periodized plans?)?

What do you consider your strengths and weaknesses to be as a runner?

Ambitious runner wrote:

Smoove wrote:

What are your goals?

Sub 29 min 10 k and a 2.15 marathon. I have tried to follow the main stream here on LRC for a couple of years and now run + 100 mls per week.Seem to got stuck! More mileage doesn`t look to be the thing... ?

Woow! Looks like you need contact with mr Canova!...McMillan? Sounds like a whiskey brand?

And why an online coach? If you are good enough such that those are reasonable goals, you really need a training group with folks who can push you to achieve those goals. Do you live in a remote place?

Smoove wrote:

What are your current PRs?

What has your general approach to training been in the past (Weekly mileage? How many quality days per week? Regular tempo and interval sessions? Periodized plans?)?

What do you consider your strengths and weaknesses to be as a runner?

I started at age 15 and build up to 80 miles quite fast without injury problems, mostly slow easy days. I ran 30.18 at 10 k when age 19. Periodized plans with only 50 miles every 4th week. Tempos once per week in building season and VO2-intervals added in springtime before European track season. All went great but then I followed advice to increase my mileage and suddenly I didn`t perform good as I wanted to. Mostly too tired to get some effect on my workouts. Seem to need a real world class coach that follows me up daily. My strengths? 54 all out 400, both quite good speed and stamina.

You and I have similar profiles. Well, I'm 45 now, but I'm talking about collegiate version of me. 14:19/30:22 with a 55.6 fastest 400 (at the end of an 8 x 400 workout). I was 22 at the time, and had started running at 18.

Sounds like what you were doing was working pretty well, and is mostly what I would advise you to do. I'd suggest cycling the mileage up and down each week, and making sure you had an inverse relationship between your intensity and volume. I'd also suggest mixing in a bit more shorter rep work at mile pace early and late in your training cycle (I'm guessing you have some of that in there but didn't mention it because it is only a small part of your workload).

Happy to talk through some ideas offline as I coach a guy who has run one of the times you want to run (he ran those times before I started coaching him)(email is linked on the side), but I really think you'd be best off training with a group that can push you in workouts. Having someone to workout with who can push you but whose workouts are only 90% right for you is better than doing workouts that are 100% right for you alone.

Ambitious runner wrote:

Any suggestions?

Save your money. Talk to a friend.

Maybe you should try that new online coach with a couple of sub 2.10 marathoners? He also coach 13.30 5 k and 28.20 10 k guys. He goes under the name coach js. Easy to find on Facebook.Good luck!

NSG

Smoove wrote:

Happy to talk through some ideas offline as I coach a guy who has run one of the times you want to run (he ran those times before I started coaching him)(email is linked on the side), but I really think you'd be best off training with a group that can push you in workouts. Having someone to workout with who can push you but whose workouts are only 90% right for you is better than doing workouts that are 100% right for you alone.

I was going to say the same thing. A training partner for faster sessions can make a major difference in your training and results, even just once a week or so.

Former top runner wrote:

Ambitious runner wrote:

I started at age 15 and build up to 80 miles quite fast without injury problems, mostly slow easy days. I ran 30.18 at 10 k when age 19. Periodized plans with only 50 miles every 4th week. Tempos once per week in building season and VO2-intervals added in springtime before European track season. All went great but then I followed advice to increase my mileage and suddenly I didn`t perform good as I wanted to. Mostly too tired to get some effect on my workouts. Seem to need a real world class coach that follows me up daily. My strengths? 54 all out 400, both quite good speed and stamina.

Maybe you should try that new online coach with a couple of sub 2.10 marathoners? He also coach 13.30 5 k and 28.20 10 k guys. He goes under the name coach js. Easy to find on Facebook.Good luck!

Sounds very interesting. I checked him up and he coach all levels of runners. Some of them real classy runners! I will contact him and see what happens with my race results. Thanks for the tips!

Smoove got trolled by the swede again

Cchjhnn wrote:

Smoove got trolled by the swede again

1 + :)

Is this all j.s posting under different names to try to get cash?

JS has good language skills for anon-native speaker, but these other personas are written by a native speaker.