Yearning for uninterrupted training

Hmm, what could it be? How about GO EASY ON EASY DAYS?

man i feel your pain. I am a high school junior and have dealt with injuries for the past 3 years. i havnt had more than 2 months of consistent training without getting hurt. I don't know if it is growth or what but I'm getting sick of it. I see the top guys and i know i could be right up there or beating them if i was able to train as much as them. I ran a 858 3k off of 20k a week for about 8 weeks with little run training after. You should try swimming and biking for cross training. I started doing that and I'm an now immersed in triathlon. It is a great sport for an injury prone runner like myself. You can still stay really fit without running that much.

The latest training schedules promote minimum time with maximum effort and loads of mental/imagery/psychological preparation. Top coaches are now saying train hard but smart and more concentrated less time consuming hard sessions of maximum effort/output. This may work for you but you need guidance from a coach who believes in this philosophy approach to distance running.

Train less but harder is the rule!

Good luck and fight on - never give up!

Train less but with more intensity? Isn't that the old late 80s/early 90s philosophy? Look on the Abdi thread malmo just started and check out the all-time US 10K list. Pretty much nothing between Nenow in 86 and Todd Williams in '95. There's a reason for that.

How about: Go easy on easy days, hard on work days, and DO NOT short yourself on miles.

just to point out. not voodoo, but using Pose allowed me and several other runners to run injury free, faster, put in 100mpw and win 6 state titles in the past year.

But, you can search for a better way. running with proper mechanics is the key, man.

Get your thyroid checked.

It maybe the best advice you will get from this message board.

Similar, but with illnesses not injury. Nothing major but seems to be one small thing after another which throws my training out. Learnt from experience not to try to train hard through it - it multiplied time off from probably one week to three weeks.

Good luck with finding a solution. Yours does sound like it could be biomechanical though (or possibly the structure of your training).

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just to point out. not voodoo, but using Pose allowed me and several other runners to run injury free, faster, put in 100mpw and win 6 state titles in the past year.

But, you can search for a better way. running with proper mechanics is the key, man.

Although I don't use the Pose method, changing from Heel-striker to mid-foot/flat striker got rid of all of my injury problems. I used to always get shin splints within a week or two of running and I would occasionally pull my hamstring, but after nearly 6 months of running correctly, I haven't had ANY problems at all. Hell, I haven't changed my shoes for about 600 miles (and they are very worn down, and I would have changed them before I perfected my form, but now I just don't need the extra cushioning) because I don't see the need to do so until they are completely unusable (a few rainy days will probably do the trick).

the only problem with telling people to go to midfoot landing is first, you're either on the ball of your foot or your heel, though you can be too high on the ball of your foot, which causes achilles trouble. and second, this causes people to focus a lot on their feet when running, which causes unneeded tension in the lower leg, and most likely will cause over striding, which causes shin splints, hip pain, IT pain, pirfimoris pain. landing under the hips by removing the trailing leg from the ground as soon as possible is needed....combine that with a lean forward and you have pose, the 'fad' that people on this board over complicate, don't understand and bash just to fit in on this board. but, good luck to you.