Raceing slump

get a blood test and get the ferritin tested. sounds like you could have pseudoanemia. if it is less than 30ng/ml then you need some iron. keep the vibe alive

matt

Cut your mileage and use the time you save to hit the books...the English books preferably.

A big part of developing as a runner is finding out what works for you, sometimes the hard way. Some people run well off high miles, others just break down. Theres arguments that support vitually every kind of training known to man but you have to find what works best for you.

Also keep in mind that even elites go through slumps.

Your slowing times could be the result of a number of things from medical to physiogical to psychological. Do some tweaking in your routine and see what happens. You said you do no speedwork; throw some in. Is the mileage killing you? Back off for a couple of weeks. Yes, for many runners more miles does equal faster times but not for everyone. Theres also the types (me included) who tend to run sparkling workouts but hardly any faster in races because they either choke or are running workouts at a much faster pace than they should. If you want to keep the mileage up, great - but slow down. As much as we all tend to dislike speed if you don't train your body to run sub 5:30 pace strength via mileage along won't always do it. Add something as basic as pickups during your easy runs or throw in a tempo run every week or two. Again, we all have various kinds of advice for you, and most of us have been in your shoes however you have to find out what works for you. It may take some time but I'm sure you'll find it well worth it. Hang in there & good luck.

Well am over my fustrated self on such a bad race just a few days ago. But still wondering how am going to do this weekend. I was amazed when today are coach said that were going to do speed work tommorow. He said 4 800's with 3 minutes of rest.(i think that's to much rest) I think am going to shoot for around a 2:30 to 2:40.(That might be wishfull thinking) I think we should do 6 because that's usally what all the articals on speed work say to do for a 5K speed workout, and also it's three miles at a 5:00 to 5:20 pace. I just might do 6 if am not dead.

"Time to build the walls," someone said, but when do u put on the roof and what would that be?(Am not trying to be funny there)

Dare to Dream, Dare to Try, Dare to Fail, Dare to Succeed

We did 3x1600 today in 95 degree heat

I did my first in 5:41, felt great

Second one in 6:00, not too great. In between, I puke. It felt wierd, it was the first time i ever puked before/after a workout, or a race. I didnt eat too close to practice or anythin bad for lunch. Does this mean something?

the building of the house is somewhat common metaphor. somepeople use a pyramid.. it's all the same jazz

The foundation is your base work. Your LSD summer mileage. bbuilding the walls means throwing in the tempo and fartlek stuff. Ideally, you wait till you get closer to your goal race to throw in some faster stuff like 1k repeats slightly faster than race pace. that would be your roof. think of strides as putting the roof together off to the side while your working on the rest of the house (you need to maintain/develop leg speed and strides are great for it)

basically the house/pyramid thing is a metaphor for peaking for the big day.

Well I ran 3x1600 on a 6:45 cycle today. I ran 5:18, 5:25, and 5:21. The second mile was uphill, mind you. I was gonna do a fourth, but I had to drop a deuce really bad. The workout has lifted my spirts somewhat. We'll see what happens on saturday.

TO MUCH INFO ABOUT YOUR #2

Well you know how I said we were going to do 800's today? We did but they weren't on the track. I was pretty impressed with how my coach planed them. He found this trail off in the woods that had a pretty darn nice up hill for 400 metters then over the hill it was another 400 down hill. I now see why he said we were only going to do four. By the time I was done I had the biggest #2 ever after a run I ever had. Actually all 9 of us sort of had a pow wale. Well thought I let u know what I did today. Oh we also had a 3 mile warm up with a mile cool down. R team decided to race the 3 mile warm up.

I did 4000meters in 15 minyutes after a warm-up, just to get me a bit tired before the hills. The hill was 200m, and I did four of them pretty hard, with a 200m jog, followed by a minute rest and then another one. The run bac to the school (800m) was of decent pace as well. Good workout for me