I’m begging my base training phase to prepare for my junior year Xc season and I was wondering if it would benefit me more for all my runs to be 730 pace easy or to run 6:50 pace so that sub 7 pace will eventually become my easy run. I don’t like the idea of doing easy 7:30-8:00
Pace miles for most of my runs. I’m looking to be in sub 16:30 shape or so for Xc, any tips? Any training plan ideas? Should I make my runs slower or faster and when should I start doing tempos?
Thanks
Don't use pace again. Forget your times. Throw away your watch.
run by feel - feel bad run slow, feel good run faster
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notmuchknowledgehelp wrote:
I’m begging my base training phase to prepare for my junior year Xc season and I was wondering if it would benefit me more for all my runs to be 730 pace easy or to run 6:50 pace so that sub 7 pace will eventually become my easy run. I don’t like the idea of doing easy 7:30-8:00
Pace miles for most of my runs. I’m looking to be in sub 16:30 shape or so for Xc, any tips? Any training plan ideas? Should I make my runs slower or faster and when should I start doing tempos?
Thanks
Also let me add,
I run 7:30-8:00 on easy days. And ran a 14:30 this spring.
You may not like the "the idea"but it works.
Run an HOUR a day at a relaxed effort. Don’t worry about pace. Take an occasional day off and forget about running that day.
Lots of Hilly courses
Explore new roads and trails
Sometimes split into two runs sometimes one run
Sprint a few days a week with full rest
Pushups
be free from pace obsession wrote:
Run an HOUR a day at a relaxed effort. Don’t worry about pace. Take an occasional day off and forget about running that day.
Lots of Hilly courses
Explore new roads and trails
Sometimes split into two runs sometimes one run
Sprint a few days a week with full rest
Pushups
We can think ourselves to death, but in the summertime you can't do much better than this.
6'50 is way too fast for your level Why not try running everything at 5' per mile until it is your level? It simply does not work like this.
I'm in 16'40 shape and my easy runs at are 8'-8'30. And sometimes even 9-10' when I need recovery after hard run.
I'm more a fast twitch guy than a distance guy so I guess you can run faster aerobically than me but not by much.
Seppo Kaitenen wrote:
be free from pace obsession wrote:
Run an HOUR a day at a relaxed effort. Don’t worry about pace. Take an occasional day off and forget about running that day.
Lots of Hilly courses
Explore new roads and trails
Sometimes split into two runs sometimes one run
Sprint a few days a week with full rest
Pushups
We can think ourselves to death, but in the summertime you can't do much better than this.
Absolutely
The summer is a time to just run and build a solid base for the racing year. You’ll have the rest of the year to race race race and worry about pace. Anyways it’s just too hot to care about pace in the summer. Just put the time on the feet in and enjoy it.
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Guys between age of 45 and 55 do you think about death or does it seem far away
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