majorkey wrote:
And also list a certain workout or weekly mileage that you believe was the factor in your improvement.
Typically it happened to me when I was missing a specific type of training and add it.
But the greatest boost I had was after soft sand running. Every time.
The running form, strength and speed were all better after that.
In high school went from 4:32, to 4:29 to 4:27 to 4:20 in the 1600 over the course of 4 weeks. Just a matter of hitting good sharpening workouts and getting in the right race
Went from 20:07 in my first race to 18:04 3 weeks later.
I went from 19:06 to 17:41 in about a month maybe 5 weeks. It was when I went from hobby jogging to real running. It was really because of speed work, good conditions, and a team atmosphere.