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Also, if the week is going well, why not add in a bike threshold?
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Also, if the week is going well, why not add in a bike threshold?
Have you taken a break since January? It sounds like you've trained right through. If that's right, then plateauing could be due to the lack of adaptation time
Do you think that I am aerobically weak, have horrible top speed, but fine "anaerobic" ability?
No, I have not. Maybe I should take 3 days to just bike?
sometimes you have to take a step back in order to move forward.
you're stuck because you haven't been willing to take that step back.
should I just jog easily for a week?
I am going to post my training each week and any progress.
RunnerWithoutAnAerobicBase wrote:
No, I have not. Maybe I should take 3 days to just bike?
Everyone needs a break to avoid physical and mental burnout. I'd take a complete week off running and just do easy cross training. Then come back to a week of mainly easy running with maybe one light workout. You'll lose some sharpness but if you build back up over 6 weeks, I think you'll be faster than before. If you want pursue running long-term, you have to mentally prepare for your fitness to go down at certain points so it can improve in the long run
Seems like your anaerobic ability is pretty good.
I don’t feel burnt out. If I do start to feel burnt out, I will take some time off.
You'd be better If you never learned "aerobic" and "anaerobic"
Instead, learn a fun new word, "compete"
Forget about trying to break 5:01, get in a mile race where It should be sub 5 and go for a win, you train to race not to improve your anaerobic capacity, that just comes along as you work hard.
Why not make the long run a workout, so that I have 2 quality days (one of which is a long run), and the rest easy, so I can recover?
Maybe every other mile in 6:20 for 14 miles?
Maybe a cutdown from 8:30 to 6:30?
I could supplement this with my 800s during the week so I work on threshold from both sides.
I think that I have seen runners make their long run hard, and I have always believed that would massively improve indurance.
Does anybody have an opinion on me doing a hard long run.
High hopes wrote:
Have you taken a break since January? It sounds like you've trained right through. If that's right, then plateauing could be due to the lack of adaptation time
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potato_salad wrote:
sometimes you have to take a step back in order to move forward.
you're stuck because you haven't been willing to take that step back.
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High hopes wrote:
Everyone needs a break to avoid physical and mental burnout. I'd take a complete week off running and just do easy cross training. Then come back to a week of mainly easy running with maybe one light workout. You'll lose some sharpness but if you build back up over 6 weeks, I think you'll be faster than before. If you want pursue running long-term, you have to mentally prepare for your fitness to go down at certain points so it can improve in the long run
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+4 Here. In your time off (~10days) i recommend reading up on athletic recovery & adaptation. It will help pass the time and the knowledge will be of appreciable benefit in your future.
https://strengthrunning.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Principle-of-Progression-3-640x434.jpgAlso, i recommend to:
smoke a joint, close your eyes, listen to this tune, and think about all the other cool stuff you can be doing as a young lad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQu5L2Id5C0