Anyone ever stop logging and counting miles? I mean someone who has consistently used a log, but just stopped doing it for whatever reason.
Pros/Cons?
Anyone ever stop logging and counting miles? I mean someone who has consistently used a log, but just stopped doing it for whatever reason.
Pros/Cons?
Pros
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none
Cons
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- you wont be able to look back on training and see what worked/what didn't work.
- it's difficult to build mileage when you don't how much you do to begin with.
- what kind of workouts did you perform before your best races? I don't know, and neither will you.
- are your workout paces coming down gradually? I hope you have a good memory to remember all those split times from you sessions.
- commentary on races will no longer help you determine your racing stlye. (I always describe my races and provide mile splits when availible, I found it very useful, ESPECIALLY if I am doing the same race next year)
I am just trying to help. Keep a log, it takes seriously 2 minutes to jot down or type your daily runs.
I stopped for about 4 years - ran some really decent times and workouts during that period and I wish now that I had kept a log.
Also, when you get old and slower, you'll enjoy looking back at those workouts / races / training weeks.
The Nightfly
I do enjoy looking back. It is more of a philosophical question than practical, as I am not going to be winning any medals anytime soon. Although I enjoy logging, sometimes it feels like a burden and an unnecessary attachment.
Just reading back over the old Jack Foster training threads makes me think a little training from the right brain might be nice.
Poisoned Skies & Severed Heads
In the 1980s I stopped keeping a log after 25 years. I now wish that I had recorded a little more information when I kept a log (like who I ran the workout with) and that I had a list of the few races that I ran in since the 1980s. Memories fade and/or get confused.
I did not log today's workout. Keep getting this itch to do so before it is too late...
If a tree falls in the forest.......
I kept logs during high school, stopped during college, and then picked it up again after college. Post-college, while attempting to coach myself, I would have killed to see what I ran during college.
I keep logs still today, but only because it's tied to my HRM. I haven't kept a written for a number of years.