I ran an 800 and 4x400 today, is it beneficial for me to do a workout such as 5x400 a couple hours later?
My season only has two weeks left, and I want to get in as much hard work as I can.
So, is it better to do an easy run (2-3 miles) or a medium workout?
Thanks
you're kidding right?
If you only ran an 800, you should feel fine. I'd recommend working out the day before or after, though.
pee in the woods wrote:
I ran an 800 and 4x400 today, is it beneficial for me to do a workout such as 5x400 a couple hours later?
My season only has two weeks left, and I want to get in as much hard work as I can.
So, is it better to do an easy run (2-3 miles) or a medium workout?
Thanks
I used to do that very thing in high school. Either a medium work out, or a 5 mile tempo run.
galen rupp does that kind of thing. I see no problem with it, just don't make it too hard and something like a 30-45 minute run may be just as good
got hit by... wrote:
you're kidding right?
does that mean I should or I shouldn't?
pee in the woods wrote:
My season only has two weeks left, and I want to get in as much hard work as I can.
The time for hard work was over 2 weeks ago. Doing "hard work" now will only hinder your final race.
Injured... Kinda wrote:
pee in the woods wrote:My season only has two weeks left, and I want to get in as much hard work as I can.
The time for hard work was over 2 weeks ago. Doing "hard work" now will only hinder your final race.
woah woah woah, are you serious? can anyone verify this?
pee in the woods wrote:
Injured... Kinda wrote:The time for hard work was over 2 weeks ago. Doing "hard work" now will only hinder your final race.
woah woah woah, are you serious? can anyone verify this?
"you're kidding right?"
hays in the barn
The first indoor meet my senior year in high school, I was warming up for the 800 with one of the freshmen from my team. When I stopped to stretch, this freshman kid took off in a full on sprint down the street. Not doing strides or anything. More like jumping into a full on interval session. The kid disappeared from view, came sprinting back a few minutes later, and repeated the process a couple of times. When I asked him what he was doing, he explained that he was doing a workout because he needed to get in shape for his race (which was going to start in about 15 minutes).
This thread reminded me of that story.
i don't believe the hays in the barn idea. I always have my best races when im training the hardest. It took me a long time to figure out that "peaking" always made me run worse. Now I carry my same training load all the way through a season and never drop mileage and only reduce the length of workouts by about 10%
seriously?2 wrote:
i don't believe the hays in the barn idea. I always have my best races when im training the hardest. It took me a long time to figure out that "peaking" always made me run worse. Now I carry my same training load all the way through a season and never drop mileage and only reduce the length of workouts by about 10%
While I'm a firm believer that all runners are different, you're doing something wrong. Either a) dropping too much mileage or b) not running enough.
It is a possibility that this is the case for you, but it's quite the odd case, at least in my experience. If you're running the best when you'e running hard, you're not running your full potential.
Of course, I may be wrong. This is only in my experience.
Bear of Bad News wrote:
The first indoor meet my senior year in high school, I was warming up for the 800 with one of the freshmen from my team. When I stopped to stretch, this freshman kid took off in a full on sprint down the street. Not doing strides or anything. More like jumping into a full on interval session. The kid disappeared from view, came sprinting back a few minutes later, and repeated the process a couple of times. When I asked him what he was doing, he explained that he was doing a workout because he needed to get in shape for his race (which was going to start in about 15 minutes). --The freshman then went out and schooled my ass.
This thread reminded me of that story.
> Corrected.
so if I can't gain any fitness, should I still do hard workouts? Should I just do easy runs?
pee in the woods wrote:
so if I can't gain any fitness, should I still do hard workouts? Should I just do easy runs?
No, throw in some strides, 75% light intervals, you want to not get too fresh... Sounds counter intuitive...but for me, if I took 3 days easy, my legs would get less pumped and I would feel clumsy, ergo some strides, or 75% repeat 200's (4x200).
Most important, try not to over think and don't obsess, think about the fun aspects of racing, do some positive visualization, see your self comfortable and smooth running your race strategy, moving up when you want to and being in position and blasting the last 100 and running your goal PR or better!
only do easy runs (20-35mins), you want to save up all your sprint energy for the final day
A Duck wrote:
pee in the woods wrote:so if I can't gain any fitness, should I still do hard workouts? Should I just do easy runs?
No, throw in some strides, 75% light intervals, you want to not get too fresh... Sounds counter intuitive...but for me, if I took 3 days easy, my legs would get less pumped and I would feel clumsy, ergo some strides, or 75% repeat 200's (4x200).
Most important, try not to over think and don't obsess, think about the fun aspects of racing, do some positive visualization, see your self comfortable and smooth running your race strategy, moving up when you want to and being in position and blasting the last 100 and running your goal PR or better!
Exactly, I agree completely.