What workouts should I be doing, and when should I be doing them?

Look up periodisation.

Sand Dunes wrote:

Look up periodisation.

Ok so I looked that up, and my coach kind of explained them to me, where there’s a base phase, hard work phase, and taper phase. He said that base phase lasts for a little while longer, and we get into harder work September and earlier October, with tapering coming before regionals and states. That makes sense to me, but I still don’t know whether I’m getting “enough” work right now and idk if I’ll get enough reps and intensity in the workouts during the hard phase. Are there any examples of some quality workouts I should do during each of the phases that would help me eventually hit my goals?

Cooper7029 wrote:

Sand Dunes wrote:

Look up periodisation.

Ok so I looked that up, and my coach kind of explained them to me, where there’s a base phase, hard work phase, and taper phase. He said that base phase lasts for a little while longer, and we get into harder work September and earlier October, with tapering coming before regionals and states. That makes sense to me, but I still don’t know whether I’m getting “enough” work right now and idk if I’ll get enough reps and intensity in the workouts during the hard phase. Are there any examples of some quality workouts I should do during each of the phases that would help me eventually hit my goals?

Look up John Kellogg training, the dude that trained Wejo (this site co-founder to a 28 min 10k)

Sand Dunes wrote:

Cooper7029 wrote:

Ok so I looked that up, and my coach kind of explained them to me, where there’s a base phase, hard work phase, and taper phase. He said that base phase lasts for a little while longer, and we get into harder work September and earlier October, with tapering coming before regionals and states. That makes sense to me, but I still don’t know whether I’m getting “enough” work right now and idk if I’ll get enough reps and intensity in the workouts during the hard phase. Are there any examples of some quality workouts I should do during each of the phases that would help me eventually hit my goals?

Look up John Kellogg training, the dude that trained Wejo (this site co-founder to a 28 min 10k)

Where should I start? I looked him up, and got a 300 some page book that’s got me a littttle overwhelmed

Ignore Sand Dunes. He doesn't know enough about your running to say anything intelligent, but that's not stopping him. Do not mistake his confidence for knowledge.

There are a lot of different approaches to training, and more than one way to be successful. All we know at this point is that you've had two workouts with short intervals in three days. That doesn't sound like an obvious approach to building an aerobic base, but how much you buy into your coach's program will make a difference in how well you do with it.

And it's not one workout that makes a difference. It's everything you do all week, and consistent effort from week to week. And it's also what you did earlier this summer.

What was your summer mileage, what's your mileage now, and what were your track PRs?

start here wrote:

Ignore Sand Dunes. He doesn't know enough about your running to say anything intelligent, but that's not stopping him. Do not mistake his confidence for knowledge.

There are a lot of different approaches to training, and more than one way to be successful. All we know at this point is that you've had two workouts with short intervals in three days. That doesn't sound like an obvious approach to building an aerobic base, but how much you buy into your coach's program will make a difference in how well you do with it.

And it's not one workout that makes a difference. It's everything you do all week, and consistent effort from week to week. And it's also what you did earlier this summer.

What was your summer mileage, what's your mileage now, and what were your track PRs?

Track Pr was 4:46 for the 1600, and 2:13 for the 800. Our school didn’t have a bonafide coach during outdoor, so I worked out with a personal coach the majority of the time. Mileage this summer was 40-50 depending on the week, one week where I did 60ish miles because I was at a camp, and I did some workouts with my personal coach that were a little more speed specific. Mileage right now is looking to be about 50-52 for this week, with 45 miles last week!

If your coach is explaining the workouts and planning, then you have a good coach. What's the problem?

You could train with a hundred different coaches with a hundred different ways to achieve the same thing.

Your number one priority is: Don't get injured by training too hard. Your number two priority is to keep improving, and your number three priority is to help your team by doing one and two effectively.

How you feel about all of this is up to you, but if you turn into a whiner before the season has even started....

so what's the problem? wrote:

If your coach is explaining the workouts and planning, then you have a good coach. What's the problem?

You could train with a hundred different coaches with a hundred different ways to achieve the same thing.

Your number one priority is: Don't get injured by training too hard. Your number two priority is to keep improving, and your number three priority is to help your team by doing one and two effectively.

How you feel about all of this is up to you, but if you turn into a whiner before the season has even started....

Ok, I guess I was just a little worried that something wasn’t right because of how few people from our school go to run states/eventually college. Thanks for reassuring me that I’m in good hands!