How flat are most streets you do easy runs on?

Your easy paces are too slow. Pick up the pace on them, don’t worry about doing time trials right now, and be patient.

Your easy pace is way too slow. Go out and hammer as often as you can.

desertdweller wrote:

david45 wrote:

Except I have been running for over a year, and despite increase in mileage, I am not improving

Your easy paces are too slow. Pick up the pace on them, don’t worry about doing time trials right now, and be patient.

Your easy pace is way too slow. Go out and hammer as often as you can.

Except 11 minute per mile puts me right at 150 BPM

And I can't hammer my runs as that is how I got injured last time.

Your reading comp- that is because you have been training the wrong way. People have been telling you ways to train and you ignore the advice or come up with excuses, then you start another thread and complain no one gives you advice. Just shut up and run.

david45 wrote:

And I can't hammer my runs as that is how I got injured last time.

How do you expect to get faster if you refuse to run more or run faster?

david45 wrote:

And I can't hammer my runs as that is how I got injured last time.

How do you know it was the runs?

It could have been your technique. As other people have pointed out, a coach has never looked at your form.

It could have been your shoes. You've never done a shoe fitting at a run store.

It could have been your diet. You've said your diet is bread and bananas.

It could have been your sleep, you seem to stay up till at least 1am if not later posting, so probably not going to bed till at least 2am.

david45 wrote:

Because people are giving me advice like run faster in my easy runs even though doing that got me injured last summer

Did you see the post below that?

It could have been your technique - you've never had a coach.

It could have been your shoes - you've never had a fitting.

It could have been your diet - you've stated you eat bread and bananas.

It could have been your sleep - you're often posting till stupid o'clock.

It could have been your frequency. Did you try and run more than three days back to back to back while just starting? Its more than just milage.

Selective Listening wrote:

david45 wrote:

Because people are giving me advice like run faster in my easy runs even though doing that got me injured last summer

Did you see the post below that?

It could have been your technique - you've never had a coach.

It could have been your shoes - you've never had a fitting.

It could have been your diet - you've stated you eat bread and bananas.

It could have been your sleep - you're often posting till stupid o'clock.

It could have been your frequency. Did you try and run more than three days back to back to back while just starting? Its more than just milage.

Yes. The coach made me run 5 days per week right from the beginning.

david45 wrote:

Selective Listening wrote:

Did you see the post below that?

It could have been your technique - you've never had a coach.

It could have been your shoes - you've never had a fitting.

It could have been your diet - you've stated you eat bread and bananas.

It could have been your sleep - you're often posting till stupid o'clock.

It could have been your frequency. Did you try and run more than three days back to back to back while just starting? Its more than just milage.

Yes. The coach made me run 5 days per week right from the beginning.

So bingo there's your issue. You tried to hammer runs 5x per week to keep up with the group, even though they were supposed to be easy (and were for everyone else). YOU made the choice to hammer them to keep up day after day after day without a break.

Selective Listening wrote:

david45 wrote:

Yes. The coach made me run 5 days per week right from the beginning.

So bingo there's your issue. You tried to hammer runs 5x per week to keep up with the group, even though they were supposed to be easy (and were for everyone else). YOU made the choice to hammer them to keep up day after day after day without a break.

Well, I thought I would never make tryouts if I didn't work hard.

david45 wrote:

Selective Listening wrote:

So bingo there's your issue. You tried to hammer runs 5x per week to keep up with the group, even though they were supposed to be easy (and were for everyone else). YOU made the choice to hammer them to keep up day after day after day without a break.

Well, I thought I would never make tryouts if I didn't work hard.

Stop making excuses. It's behind you know, go run.

Selective Listening wrote:

david45 wrote:

Well, I thought I would never make tryouts if I didn't work hard.

Stop making excuses. It's behind you know, go run.

I was just pointing out why I chose to run so often early on in response to your own statement.

david45 wrote:

I was just pointing out why I chose to run so often early on in response to your own statement.

Whatever man. It's behind you know, you made a mistake, own it and now go run. Also would help to address your technique, your diet, your shoe fit, and your sleep. It all works together.

I also felt like the '45' was David's real age. Now I realize it represents the number of excuses he has.

Selective Listening wrote:

david45 wrote:

I was just pointing out why I chose to run so often early on in response to your own statement.

Whatever man. It's behind you know, you made a mistake, own it and now go run. Also would help to address your technique, your diet, your shoe fit, and your sleep. It all works together.

Well, is it safe for me to run 6 days per week now if I speed up my easy runs?

david45 wrote:

Selective Listening wrote:

Whatever man. It's behind you know, you made a mistake, own it and now go run. Also would help to address your technique, your diet, your shoe fit, and your sleep. It all works together.

Well, is it safe for me to run 6 days per week now if I speed up my easy runs?

So should just run 3 days per week now or what?

My neighborhood is quite rolling. Lots of 30-40' vertical ups and downs, and a few 100'+ climbs if you seek them out. Not hilly in an overall sense, but definitely not flat. Few stretches of flat roads in my area.

david45 wrote:

david45 wrote:

Well, is it safe for me to run 6 days per week now if I speed up my easy runs?

So should just run 3 days per week now or what?

How about you run every day? On days you feel good run hard, on days you don't feel good run easy. Run long some days and shorter other days. IT IS. NOT THAT DIFFICULT.

david45 wrote:

Selective Listening wrote:

Whatever man. It's behind you know, you made a mistake, own it and now go run. Also would help to address your technique, your diet, your shoe fit, and your sleep. It all works together.

Well, is it safe for me to run 6 days per week now if I speed up my easy runs?

I don't know, I am not your coach. I would follow the persons advice who had his brother run with him. I wouldn't do it every day. You're just not at that level.