I’ve been running 60-70 mpw for the last 3 months plus strides and tempos. I’m racing a road mile in a week what can I do to get ready. I’m in good shape but I think a little slower right now.
I’ve been running 60-70 mpw for the last 3 months plus strides and tempos. I’m racing a road mile in a week what can I do to get ready. I’m in good shape but I think a little slower right now.
The body needs about 10 days to show any adaptions from training stimulus. At this point, you cannot do anything to improve your fitness for a mile race next week. Taper a bit and keep doing striders. You might want to run an 800-1000m time trial at your goal pace to get a feel for pace early in the week.
Portland Hobby Jogger wrote:
The body needs about 10 days to show any adaptions from training stimulus. At this point, you cannot do anything to improve your fitness for a mile race next week. Taper a bit and keep doing striders. You might want to run an 800-1000m time trial at your goal pace to get a feel for pace early in the week.
I agree with your advice Portland Hobby. Good suggestion on a 800 TT ( in you racing flats and kit) just so you know where you are at. Do that sooner rather than later.
Keep up with a couple days of some strides on a soft surface, but a week is not long enough to do anything hard or radically different that would benefit you.
More importantly with the mileage you have been doing, back off a 2-3 before hand to give your legs a rest. That will help.
Good luck!
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