I see all the responses that are asking for an email to give coaching advice, but is this legit? Im thinking that I would really benefit from having a coach, but Im new enough to these boards to not know how all that works here.
Thoughts?
I see all the responses that are asking for an email to give coaching advice, but is this legit? Im thinking that I would really benefit from having a coach, but Im new enough to these boards to not know how all that works here.
Thoughts?
Many of them are probably not actual coaches, but Im sure they have lots of running experience to draw upon.
There are plenty of folks. Throw some specifics out there (PRs, goals, background, etc always help) and see who bites. If you want a known good thing, there are always paid coaches like Tinman.
Make sure not to use single quotes in replies however. We don't want to break things.
If you want a real coach, check McMillans website, he offers training plans and coaching. If you dont want to pay as much as he is asking, ask one of us.
You cannot coach online
Yeah, I really want to find a coach, or at least a more experienced runner that I can bounce ideas off of and get advice from. I would love to hire somebody like McMillan, but I dont have any extra money at the moment.
My background-
Im 23, started running when I was around 20. Have battled through numerous injuries and only raced a few times, but I think I can improve a lot if I can just run consistently for a few years and not come up lame.
As soon as I feel like I have recovered from an injury, it is very hard to reign myself in, and lo and behold, I get injured again. Im really focusing on building a solid base of slower running with hills (its inevitable where I live). Currently running 30-40 mpw trying not to shatter my glass legs.
Ive only ran 3 races: (Feb 2010) HM- 1:28:19;(Sep 2010 ran with pulled muscle in thigh) 10k- 40:58; (March 2010) 5 mi- 31:18
Only about 3 months max of solid running for the half, and the 10k was run after no running between April-June (achilles) and then a mediocre August due to the pulled muscle.
Let me know if this helps.
Sounds like you have a lot of potential if you can keep the injuries at bay. You might need to examine the pace of your daily runs if you keep getting injured. Many people run too fast on their easy days without knowing it. You should slow down on them so you are ready to go hard in your workouts.
joiwef wrote:
Sounds like you have a lot of potential if you can keep the injuries at bay. You might need to examine the pace of your daily runs if you keep getting injured. Many people run too fast on their easy days without knowing it. You should slow down on them so you are ready to go hard in your workouts.
Thats what Ive been working on in the past month or so, and its going pretty well. Ive made a goal for myself to not run a mile under 8:00 until 2011. Looking back, speedwork is what always does me in. If I just run a lot at an easy pace, and run a lot of hills, I get fast quick and dont get injured much. I build endurance very quickly, and speed comes a bit slower for me though. Tempo, and speedwork really screw me.
Since youve had achilles trouble in the past, you should do eccentric heel drops at least once a week. This will prevent it from happening again. For the thigh pull, doing hills will help strengthen the quads, really all of your leg actually. What kind of hill work do you typically do? Short sprints, longer intervals or just incorporate hills into your normal runs?
joiwef wrote:
Since youve had achilles trouble in the past, you should do eccentric heel drops at least once a week. This will prevent it from happening again. For the thigh pull, doing hills will help strengthen the quads, really all of your leg actually. What kind of hill work do you typically do? Short sprints, longer intervals or just incorporate hills into your normal runs?
I do the heel drops, and Ive also been running in shoes with a lower heel (Kinvaras) and have had no problems at all. When I got injured, I was rotating between ~4 different models of shoes, and I know this is what did me in.
Well, the area I live in is nothing but rolling hills, but I mostly do longer intervals and just run hilly routes. Honestly, Im too scared of injury to do sprints. Lately Ive been running a 2 mile/ 1000 ft climb about once a week.
I also trail run once or twice a week, and there is always a lot of climbing involved. I really love running hills, and feel it is a strength of mine.
Curious Nate wrote:
joiwef wrote:Since youve had achilles trouble in the past, you should do eccentric heel drops at least once a week. This will prevent it from happening again. For the thigh pull, doing hills will help strengthen the quads, really all of your leg actually. What kind of hill work do you typically do? Short sprints, longer intervals or just incorporate hills into your normal runs?
I do the heel drops, and Ive also been running in shoes with a lower heel (Kinvaras) and have had no problems at all. When I got injured, I was rotating between ~4 different models of shoes, and I know this is what did me in.
Well, the area I live in is nothing but rolling hills, but I mostly do longer intervals and just run hilly routes. Honestly, Im too scared of injury to do sprints. Lately Ive been running a 2 mile/ 1000 ft climb about once a week.
I also trail run once or twice a week, and there is always a lot of climbing involved. I really love running hills, and feel it is a strength of mine.
To clarify, what I think did me in with the different shoes was the varying heel height.
bump
I could provide you with some coaching advice if no one else can. I have run 16 min 5k, 34 min 10k, 1:15 half. I could help you reach those times.
My email is onlinerunningcoach55@gmail.com, let me know if youre interested.
Curious Nate wrote:
I see all the responses that are asking for an email to give coaching advice, but is this legit? Im thinking that I would really benefit from having a coach, but Im new enough to these boards to not know how all that works here.
Thoughts?
What is your e-mail? I could make you a 1:20/Half Marathon runner off 50 miles a week easy.
joiwef wrote:
My email is
onlinerunningcoach55@gmail.com, let me know if youre interested.
How old are you, are you over 30 years old?