Hey LR, how can someone be great in practice, then suck in a meet? Take this for example, I ran 35:12 for five miles a couple days ago (I think that's good, considering I'm in mid-school) at practice. Now the meet comes, and I run a 15:52 4K. I get beat by half my team who ran 39:00 and higher that five mile day. I don't get it, is it something wrong with my ability to run at meets that makes me suck so much? Or is it I'm just not a fast runner and I should just throw in the towel?
You did convince me of one thing: You probably are in middle school.
Or it could be you are putting too much effort into practice. Dead legs are slow legs. Slow legs are legs that get beat.
Save some energy for the race Jethro.
There is a big difference between 5 miles and 4k. The other people are probably "faster," but not as enduring. That's no reason to throw in the towel. You'd beat them in a 5 mile race any day of the week.
As a coach, I preach take the hard days hard and the easy days easy. I believe you are taking your hard days too hard. Many teams has a practice superstar who wonders "why am I being beat by slower runners" Many time they take their easy days too hard and don't do well in races and their legs are not fresh on hard days.
Stick with the guys that beat you in races at practice. Maybe you'll learn their secrets.
Because you are racing practices while your teammates are training. The point of practice is not to "beat" people. It is to train
sounds like a younger version of the UNH runners. you'd fit in well there!
I say throw in the towel. Seeing as how you are in middle school & have maxed out your running potential already.
Congratulations, you are what is commonly referred to as "a workout king". The workout king loves to put the PR in practice. He runs way too hard all the time and is burned out by the time the important stuff rolls around. Unfortunately, in his stupidity, he takes his poor performances as a sign he needs to be working HARDER, and keeps on hammering himself into oblivion. Use some common sense and start running workouts behind the people that are beating you in races.
Bummed Out wrote:
Hey LR, how can someone be great in practice, then suck in a meet? Take this for example, I ran 35:12 for five miles a couple days ago (I think that's good, considering I'm in mid-school) at practice. Now the meet comes, and I run a 15:52 4K. I get beat by half my team who ran 39:00 and higher that five mile day. I don't get it, is it something wrong with my ability to run at meets that makes me suck so much? Or is it I'm just not a fast runner and I should just throw in the towel?
Not for one minute do I believe this post was written by a middle-school kid.
F.Y.I. wrote:
Bummed Out wrote:Hey LR, how can someone be great in practice, then suck in a meet? Take this for example, I ran 35:12 for five miles a couple days ago (I think that's good, considering I'm in mid-school) at practice. Now the meet comes, and I run a 15:52 4K. I get beat by half my team who ran 39:00 and higher that five mile day. I don't get it, is it something wrong with my ability to run at meets that makes me suck so much? Or is it I'm just not a fast runner and I should just throw in the towel?
Not for one minute do I believe this post was written by a middle-school kid.
*Yawn* Some of us actually DO learn how to dot our i's and cross our t's. I'm not one of those idiots who use their cell phones all the time and have therefore lost the ability of typing, some of us ARE somewhat smart.
giant johnson wrote:
Congratulations, you are what is commonly referred to as "a workout king". The workout king loves to put the PR in practice. He runs way too hard all the time and is burned out by the time the important stuff rolls around. Unfortunately, in his stupidity, he takes his poor performances as a sign he needs to be working HARDER, and keeps on hammering himself into oblivion. Use some common sense and start running workouts behind the people that are beating you in races.
Okay, but I'm running what feels to me, a quite easy pace. I feel like if I drop back, all I'm going to do is slow down, yet you do prove a good point, and I'll take it into consideration. Thank you for replying!
Not Smelly wrote:
I say throw in the towel. Seeing as how you are in middle school & have maxed out your running potential already.
Throw in the towel 'cause I've reached my running potential? I have never heard that before..... yet hey, I need all the help I can get. Thanks for replying!
Everyone else I didn't mention, I'll try out your strategy, and see what happens, thanks everyone!!!
Bummed Out wrote:
some of us ARE somewhat smart.
Really? Because you're on a message board asking why you run faster than other people in practice but not in races.
You don't sound all THAT smart...
wise words
so simple wrote:
Because you are racing practices while your teammates are training. The point of practice is not to "beat" people. It is to train
I'm really let down by the LRC posters today. Clearly you need to do two-a-day workouts. Also, you need quality over quantity, so do those two-a-day workouts at 6:30 pace instead of 7:00. Do this until you get up to 100 miles per week because that's what the elites do. Make sure these miles are at tempo pace, but also make sure to take easy days easy, also at tempo pace. This will increase the mitochondria in the cells, our muscles fuel source. On the other hand, if you are prone to injury try to cross train without cross training because only running = running. This has been a conglomeration of the advice I have heard on this message board. Excuse my sarcasm.
Puttin' the PR back in practice.
+1
Quality advice right here.