nothing left in the late stages of races

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15 years ago 04/26/2009 4:17pm EDT

basically all my races have nothing left in the km or less (5k-10k races), I can go out alittle fast but never way over my head, just hanging on in the last km and never able to kick

what does tell me about what I need to work on in my training, my aerobic engine?

I do strides 3x / week and could probably run a 400m around 60sec if rested, basically running around 36min 10k(on road probably quicker on track, looking at my past logs all my PR's have occurred after months of just mileage and tempo/threshold workouts w/ no typical interval workouts

15 years ago 04/26/2009 11:11pm EDT

re: runner39

LOGIC is your problem. You have decided that if you go out too fast at the start you will have nothing left at the finish. So you start not-too-fast and when you get to the end you finish not-too-fast. Not to worry, the WHOLE US Olympic team from 800m through Marathon thought the same way last Olympics (no metals).

You need to become illogical. In your longer workouts start at a dead-sprint and go as fast as you can go for as long as you can go. Fight to keep sprinting and NOT let yourself drift into pace, even a fast pace. Do the same in races. Race to CAUSE a great race instead of to win a poor one.

15 years ago 04/26/2009 11:14pm EDT

re: GerrytheJanitor

15 years ago 04/27/2009 12:01am EDT

re: o.O

I had the same problem. Then I started training in trainers instead of flats. Now I have a kick.

15 years ago 04/27/2009 12:07am EDT

re: GerrytheJanitor

i'd rather the team come home with medals actually....we can get all the metal we want here

15 years ago 04/27/2009 9:48am EDT

re: uh_no

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