Cheetodust wrote:
This was kind of an eye opener. I view the NSM overwhelmingly beneficial compared to all previous training styles I’ve undertaken prior. I didn’t have a term for the staleness I’ve felt at the start of races, but ‘threshold lock’ fits nicely. For the first year, I did traditional warmups, then moved to 1-2 min S/T and honestly I still would feel rusty in the start of races no matter the distance. The longer the hard reps I do pre-race, the better the race has played out so far. So I definitely think I essentially did a warm up 5k first, because I felt way better on the second.
This is a novel issue as far as I’m concerned. Meaning I just didn’t expect it but figure I can work around it on race day without changing training leading into the race.
This is also eye opening to me. Your running career and what you have experienced is beyond just about everyone in this thread. So I view the fact you see nsm as "overwhelming" better a very big statement that's hard to overlook.
