Ya I’m not there at the moment. Come to terms with that. Hoping just to PR this cycle @ 3k and 5k. It was on the track and indeed felt very under control. Could have done another mile @ 5:20 run evenly. Have 5x1000 this week and going to run a 3000 TT on the track this upcoming weekend.
Thanks for following along.
Do you have any races in the near future?
Supposed to race weekend after this one (18th) on the road and the track the 25th. Not sure if it is going to happen though. Wife is pregnant, kids aren't vaccinated, COVID making a resurgence so I may be confined to TTs given our collective risk tolerance.
Was planning on running a TT this weekend anyhow at 1600 or 3000.
Overall I don't think sub 15 is realistic this cycle looking at my last couple of workouts. Feeling a bit stale at this point as well. Hoping for a PR at 3000 and maybe 5000. Will probably take more of an over-distance approach next cycle and reduce the amount of race pace, VO2 max work in favor of longer tempos, fartleks etc.
highhoppingworm wrote:
Supposed to race weekend after this one (18th) on the road and the track the 25th. Not sure if it is going to happen though. Wife is pregnant, kids aren't vaccinated, COVID making a resurgence so I may be confined to TTs given our collective risk tolerance.
Was planning on running a TT this weekend anyhow at 1600 or 3000.
Overall I don't think sub 15 is realistic this cycle looking at my last couple of workouts. Feeling a bit stale at this point as well. Hoping for a PR at 3000 and maybe 5000. Will probably take more of an over-distance approach next cycle and reduce the amount of race pace, VO2 max work in favor of longer tempos, fartleks etc.
Didn't you tell you had a coach?
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highhoppingworm wrote:
Supposed to race weekend after this one (18th) on the road and the track the 25th. Not sure if it is going to happen though. Wife is pregnant, kids aren't vaccinated, COVID making a resurgence so I may be confined to TTs given our collective risk tolerance.
Was planning on running a TT this weekend anyhow at 1600 or 3000.
Overall I don't think sub 15 is realistic this cycle looking at my last couple of workouts. Feeling a bit stale at this point as well. Hoping for a PR at 3000 and maybe 5000. Will probably take more of an over-distance approach next cycle and reduce the amount of race pace, VO2 max work in favor of longer tempos, fartleks etc.
Didn't you tell you had a coach?
This is JS by the way hehe ))
highhoppingworm wrote:
Supposed to race weekend after this one (18th) on the road and the track the 25th. Not sure if it is going to happen though. Wife is pregnant, kids aren't vaccinated, COVID making a resurgence so I may be confined to TTs given our collective risk tolerance.
Was planning on running a TT this weekend anyhow at 1600 or 3000.
Overall I don't think sub 15 is realistic this cycle looking at my last couple of workouts. Feeling a bit stale at this point as well. Hoping for a PR at 3000 and maybe 5000. Will probably take more of an over-distance approach next cycle and reduce the amount of race pace, VO2 max work in favor of longer tempos, fartleks etc.
Did you run a race in the end? Understand if not!
I must say that some of the alternating workouts you were doing, whilst impressive, looked very hard to me. I'm not entirely surprised if you feel a touch burnt out.
Regarding an over distance approach, I may be an outlier, but I've done the same for the past couple of years, and I'll just mention that whilst my endurance has improved massively, I've never yet been able to better the 3000m time I ran when I was focusing on shorter, quicker stuff (not ran a 5000m or 5km race due to Corona). I've not put in a training block where I tried to focus on quicker stuff, though.
I pulled the plug on the cycle and took a 2 week break. Just got started again last week. Basically...
1) I felt my fitness on the decline. Things were generally trending the wrong direction.
2) My son is having some trouble getting back to school/sleeping, wife is pregnant, job is busy... in short my life has been a bit nuts recently. Running was becoming a source of anxiety rather than a source of relief. I just wasn't having fun.
Will update this thread if/when I get back at it.
Completely understandable! Well done on a good training block!
I know that I don't post here regularly but I finally broke 15 for 5,000m. I decided to do a solo time trial on Saturday at 2:30 in the afternoon. I decided to do this at 9:00 on Saturday morning. I felt awful for the whole race and was convinced that I was going to blow up. But I somehow came through with 400m to go in 13:45 and I ended up running 14:53. Still in shock. This isn't really how I pictured myself going sub 15 for the first time but I'm very happy that I finally did it.
Here is a link to my vlog of the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgCZBCtYBMQ
Here is a link to my training on Strava:
Ganbatte wrote:
I know that I don't post here regularly but I finally broke 15 for 5,000m. I decided to do a solo time trial on Saturday at 2:30 in the afternoon. I decided to do this at 9:00 on Saturday morning. I felt awful for the whole race and was convinced that I was going to blow up. But I somehow came through with 400m to go in 13:45 and I ended up running 14:53. Still in shock. This isn't really how I pictured myself going sub 15 for the first time but I'm very happy that I finally did it.
Here is a link to my vlog of the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgCZBCtYBMQHere is a link to my training on Strava:
https://www.strava.com/athletes/40479000
Fantastic result and I really enjoyed watching the video.
Well done!
Thank you!
Congrats man! I saw on Strava and it made me excited for you. Looked like a really really good effort.
Congrats! A stellar time.
Also, I'm here after another long hiatus with some training updates.
After taking over a year off from running, I began training again in mid-October. My short-term goal at the time was to train for and race the Dallas Half-Marathon. Over the past 6 weeks I have worked up to a steady 35-45 mpw with 1 workout + a long run. There have been no hiccups or issues with training.
The race took place this past weekend and I ran 1:14:25 (5:40 pace) and placed 15th overall.
Of course, this is far from sub-15 fitness, however, this race and training cycle has re-ignited my ambitions. My alma mater is hosting a 5k on the track in early March. I will take a week or so off and then begin training.
I hope I can be more consistent in posting here, but no promises haha
a 1:14 HM on 40 miles a week is pretty impressive man. Why not keep the HM cycle going for a week or two more and throw down a quick 5k time to see where you are at. I would put money down that you are 15:45-16:00 shape at least.
I've been thinking about doing a 5k time trial. Right now, my body is completely trashed. But I think a time trial in early January is definitely in the picture.
Still, the most important race is the 5k in March so I'm getting the main thing the main thing right now.
Been a while since I posted on here but I ran a PR of 14:44 on Monday night. After breaking 15 I felt like I had a giant mental barrier lifted. In 2020 I was starting to think that I would never break 15 and now I have been able to do it twice. Here is a link to my vlog if you want to watch. Keep showing up guys.
Would love to see an update on this thread, was a lot of very solid training and positive vibes from everyone involved. My track season's about to start in 2 weeks, and my goals are to hit sub 4 in the 1500 and sub 15 in the 5k. May start posting here for some motivation if we get some renewed interest.