reader of the forums wrote:
NotAustin18 wrote:Anyways, I'm 19 now. Quick update if you care I tried high mileage again, 870 miles in 8 weeks(lowest week of 100 in that span). Tried adding speed and did some of the worst workouts of my life. I could run forever but was slow as heck. I got mad, took 2 weeks completely off.
Now I'm focusing on quality. My best times have come on 60 mpw with 1 run a day 6 days a week. So I'm back to that. After 2 5-8 consecutive week stints at 100+ miles, 60 mpw seems very low now. So, now I can push the pace very good(on the 100+ mile weeks my runs were all at 730-740 pace). Last week for instance, I hit 56 miles for the week at a 6:53 average pace for the week. On Saturday I had the best long run of my life, felt effortless but managed 12 miles 6:46 pace with 6:30 last mile(my half marathon PR is 1:26:13 so I'm optimistic about my fitness right now). My weeks since the 2 weeks off went 18-35-44-56, and now I'm on my 60 mile weeks base building routine that preceded all my best races and best seasons.
That's just an update if you care, which you probably don't. Anyone else wanna talk about their training?
What events are you training for Austin?
5k training. After a 2 month base phase I'm gonna start speed work. Fartleks on Tuesdays around 5k pace, and 3-5 mile tempos on Fridays. Not too sure about my racing schedule as there's a lot of question marks going on in my personal life at the moment, but most likely 2 half marathons and a 5k this summer. The 5k I won last summer, and I want to defend my title. One of the half marathons is in my home town and I want to be the local placer, and the other half is the one I debuted at a few years ago and I love the course.