My Training Schedule...

uh anyone?

do tempo runs of 4-5 miles once -twice a week, this is a very hard road effort, not like race but decently fast

i'm new on here so please don't jump down my throat... i like the mileage but don't do a 6 miler everyday thats not good for you... your body will get into a routine and you don't want that mix it up a little bit for example go like 5-6-7 or 6-6-5-7-6 or something like that... i'm just going of what my college coach has told me... and everyone i've talked to about this is pretty much in agreement... but hey man good luck w/ your training

prillman57 wrote:

i'm new on here so please don't jump down my throat... i like the mileage but don't do a 6 miler everyday thats not good for you... your body will get into a routine and you don't want that mix it up a little bit for example go like 5-6-7 or 6-6-5-7-6 or something like that... i'm just going of what my college coach has told me... and everyone i've talked to about this is pretty much in agreement... but hey man good luck w/ your training

I really hope this is a joke.

ok y is that such bad advice?

Yes, that's awful advice.

doing 5 or 7 as opposed to 6 is not "mixing it up."

Mix it up by doing some real endurance work, get a long run in that's over 10 miles at least.

Do tempo work too.

i was under the impression that he was sticking to 6 miles or so a day therefore i was just using that as an example of what i would suggest obviously 10 is a better way to get in shape but for the 800 in high school you probably don't need to do THAT much...

I dont do the exact same 6 miles everyday... i have different routes that include different kinds of things like some of my routes have some hills and others are flat... some are muddy and then some are pavement.. but they all come close to 6 miles each. I think 10 miles could be done like once every weekend or so... but anymore than that seems like a bit much.

1) Drop the weight training. More weight on your shoulders will not help you run faster.

2) Develop a PLAN. Divide your training into 6 week intervals (5 week intervals are good to if time is short) and do base miles for one period, long hard sprints for the second one, and then the speed work for the third.

3) Dedicate your plan to a cause greater than yourself. If you can do this for your school or for your team BUT NOT FOR YOU, 1:50 or even 1:45 is possible. But it can't be for you.

4) Read Gerry Lindgren's Book On Running (www.gerrylindgren,com) to get an idea of what you will be going through.

there are many things involving a successful season of training, which leads up to fast times and whatnot. It\\\'s best to break this period down in to many areas. I\\\'m guessing your using the indoor season as a training period for your outdoor season,if so this is something i suggest.

I suggest that you use the winter season as base training, which is just getting good mileage under your belt for the following season (but of course you include some workouts so that youre still in touch with all of the other areas like latcate tolerance and whatnot). For the winter you just want to have 5 days of running and about 2 days of hard efforts. heres an example:

sun (12 mile LR), mon (8 miles), Tues (2 mi warm up, 4 mile tempo, 2 mile cooldown), Wed. (7 miles), thur (5x600 @ 3k pace with 1.5min rest), fri (7 miles), sat (9 miles)

this enable you to get a good long run in, a tempo which should help you lactate threshold, a faster workout which will help tune your muscles (also sort of a V02 max workout),and you have rest days in the mix. This should be similar to a base phase during summer training for cross country. once you start outdoor you do the same thing but then as the championship races come closer you start to taper, by dropping your mileage a bit and having less volume in your workouts (more rest, less reps, faster pace).

Im really pretty tired so if someone could correct me if I didnt make any sense in some area thatd be great, i dont feel like going in to detail and im sure there are some parts that may bea clear or confusing, but i just wanted to give you a relative idea..

wouldnt an 800m person want to have more speed work in their training?