Please for the love of god, please stop doing the michigan. You can't take one workout out of someones training philosophy and expect it to work for you. That's why Vigil (and other notable coaches) write entire books about training and didn't just make one workout famous.
Please for the love of god, please stop doing the michigan. You can't take one workout out of someones training philosophy and expect it to work for you. That's why Vigil (and other notable coaches) write entire books about training and didn't just make one workout famous.
Then how am I supposed to look like a badass on Strava?
Please for the love of god, please stop doing the michigan. You can't take one workout out of someones training philosophy and expect it to work for you. That's why Vigil (and other notable coaches) write entire books about training and didn't just make one workout famous.
Then how am I supposed to look like a badass on Strava?
Just put the title "Double Threshold" on all of your daily runs, problem solved.
also to clarify, those paces are based on the honest times per lap/block, rather than the optimistic GPS times, which show much faster on Garmin. (i.e. the 400m was a true 76 and 5:05 pace, rather than the GPS lying and showing 4:41 pace).
I just used my Garmin like an old Timex in terms of clicking off lap splits every block and pretended the GPS didn't work...
This is how you should time all reps ON A TRACK.
ffs
So stupid when runners stop their 1000m reps on the track early because their watch beeps at them before the line.
Please for the love of god, please stop doing the michigan. You can't take one workout out of someones training philosophy and expect it to work for you. That's why Vigil (and other notable coaches) write entire books about training and didn't just make one workout famous.
The michigan, like many other workouts, can fit within the structure of several different programs.
you just have to make sure you've worked up to an appropriate volume on those sort of paces.
it goes without saying that runners shouldn't be attacking random workouts from the internet, without having done appropriate work beforehand.
Please for the love of god, please stop doing the michigan. You can't take one workout out of someones training philosophy and expect it to work for you. That's why Vigil (and other notable coaches) write entire books about training and didn't just make one workout famous.
The michigan, like many other workouts, can fit within the structure of several different programs.
you just have to make sure you've worked up to an appropriate volume on those sort of paces.
it goes without saying that runners shouldn't be attacking random workouts from the internet, without having done appropriate work beforehand.
What's the "appropriate volume" then? What you say it is? or did Warhurst outline that somewhere?
Do more specific training coach, your team will get better
The michigan, like many other workouts, can fit within the structure of several different programs.
you just have to make sure you've worked up to an appropriate volume on those sort of paces.
it goes without saying that runners shouldn't be attacking random workouts from the internet, without having done appropriate work beforehand.
What's the "appropriate volume" then? What you say it is? or did Warhurst outline that somewhere?
Do more specific training coach, your team will get better
Not sure how close what OP did was to the traditional Michigan workout, but I think I added up that it was 5 miles of 10k/threshold, with plenty of walking or standing rest in between.
What exactly do you find so egregious about it?
It's just another way to get 5 miles of CV --> to threshold pace. I would feel comfortable giving this to any kid I had working between 40 and 50 mpw, with a typical quality density of around 20%.
The real Michigan is a bit tougher than this, so it's good to see that it was likely modified to fit within the parameters of what OP is capable of.
Not sure how close what OP did was to the traditional Michigan workout, but I think I added up that it was 5 miles of 10k/threshold, with plenty of walking or standing rest in between.
What exactly do you find so egregious about it?
It's just another way to get 5 miles of CV --> to threshold pace. I would feel comfortable giving this to any kid I had working between 40 and 50 mpw, with a typical quality density of around 20%.
The real Michigan is a bit tougher than this, so it's good to see that it was likely modified to fit within the parameters of what OP is capable of.
Yeah. I mean, we don’t know enough about OP’s training to be able to tell for sure, but it’s definitely more important to see that the modification was a good thing rather than have some purist take about what the Michigan “should” be.
And I’d guess that the solid closing 400 indicates that although it was probably tougher than would be advisable, at least that’s not to the extent of totally leaving your race in training. There’s a long list of runners who have tried to hammer a workout more than this.