So I'm at a local school track this morning to do a VO2 type workout of 5x1200 with 3 minute rests. I warmup and do the first 2 repeats but a bunch of people show up for a soccer game on the infield and I get kicked out. (Finding an open track to run on can be a bit hard around here). Anyway I'm wondering whats the best way to adjust my training schedule. Try to repeat the workout tomorrow? Take an extra easy day and then repeat? Or just stick to the schedule?
Had a similar thing happen the other day except was doing 400 meter vo max interval (wind rain came up during workout and couldn't stay warm due to no sweats) went back in the pm and finished the workout ie did part in am part in pm.
Pm workout was much easier--seemed to recover ok.
Might work for you--who knows.
Just add a little on the recovery day afterwards. Instead of say an easy 6 do 9. That way you get some more time in without potentially overdoing the speed part. Also, throw in some fartlek, but, not at as hard an effort. Maybe 2 warmup and 10 x 2 on 1 off with a 2 warmdown. Make the 2 on about half marathon to marathon pace.
Jack Daniels once noted in a post that the body doesn't break down stress into the kind of blocks we think of in terms of training workouts. All it recognizes is additional stress on the system. If you repeated the workout (did all 5) the next day it would be like you did 7 instead of 5. This way you compensate for the missed work with 20 minute of slightly slower efforts. If rarely find back to back days at the same effort level is a good idea. Alternatively, you can do something shorter (maybe 8-10 minutes total stress) and get the same effect.
I stopped doing track workouts a long time ago for this reason, and also other surfaces are better than the track.
The prime considerations for me are solitude, nice route and good footing.
Why didn't you tell them to F off? Wouldn't have taken you long to finish off your workout.
Track woes wrote:
So I'm at a local school track this morning to do a VO2 type workout of 5x1200 with 3 minute rests. I warmup and do the first 2 repeats but a bunch of people show up for a soccer game on the infield and I get kicked out. (Finding an open track to run on can be a bit hard around here). Anyway I'm wondering whats the best way to adjust my training schedule. Try to repeat the workout tomorrow? Take an extra easy day and then repeat? Or just stick to the schedule?
Unbelievable! Do you really need someone to hold your hand on this one? 5 minus 2 = 3. Continue the workout on the roads.
Yea, I would have just done repeats on the roads for whatever times you were hitting on the track.
Why are you doing this workout on a track?
Get on the hills you crazy fool.
malmo wrote:
Track woes wrote:So I'm at a local school track this morning to do a VO2 type workout of 5x1200 with 3 minute rests. I warmup and do the first 2 repeats but a bunch of people show up for a soccer game on the infield and I get kicked out. (Finding an open track to run on can be a bit hard around here). Anyway I'm wondering whats the best way to adjust my training schedule. Try to repeat the workout tomorrow? Take an extra easy day and then repeat? Or just stick to the schedule?
Unbelievable! Do you really need someone to hold your hand on this one? 5 minus 2 = 3. Continue the workout on the roads.
Yeah well having to stop every block and dodge traffic and/or wait for lights to change makes it hard to get the real purpose of the workout. I could take a half hour and drive someplace where the roads are more suitable but that sort of messes things up as well.
malmo wrote:
Unbelievable! Do you really need someone to hold your hand on this one? 5 minus 2 = 3. Continue the workout on the roads.
I mean, we wouldn't want to train like Bernard Lagat who does all of his longer intervals on roads (he actually does little training on a track), would we?
Next we'll hear about somebody getting stuck with "sucky" training like 5X800 on hills in winter and 3X3X50 sec on hills later. Also things out of Lagat's training.
coach d wrote:
malmo wrote:Unbelievable! Do you really need someone to hold your hand on this one? 5 minus 2 = 3. Continue the workout on the roads.
I mean, we wouldn't want to train like Bernard Lagat who does all of his longer intervals on roads (he actually does little training on a track), would we?
Next we'll hear about somebody getting stuck with "sucky" training like 5X800 on hills in winter and 3X3X50 sec on hills later. Also things out of Lagat's training.
This isn't hard but the pair of you don't appear to be all that bright so I'll spell it out clearly for you. Sure I could finish the workout on the roads BUT NOT THE ROADS NEAR THE TRACK. Too much traffic and too many crossroads and lights. By the time I get in the car and drive someplace suitable a half hour is gone and I'm going to have to warm up again. So the question was whats the best way to adjust to that.
Track woes wrote:
Yeah well having to stop every block and dodge traffic and/or wait for lights to change makes it hard to get the real purpose of the workout. I could take a half hour and drive someplace where the roads are more suitable but that sort of messes things up as well.
That sucks when there are fewer and fewer places to run.
Are there any paths near the track, parks, cemetaries, quiet neighborhoods?
They gave you the best way to adjust to it, you are chosing not to like their advice.
If you're looking for less crowded streets to complete the workout on, go to a nearby neighborhhod (you'd be hard pressed to not find a neighborhood more than a mile or two from any public track). Low speed-limits and there would be no stoplights or heavy traffic in a residential area. Boom, done, easy place to finish 3 more reps at whatever pace you were running your 1200s at.
malmo wrote:
Track woes wrote:So I'm at a local school track this morning to do a VO2 type workout of 5x1200 with 3 minute rests. I warmup and do the first 2 repeats but a bunch of people show up for a soccer game on the infield and I get kicked out. (Finding an open track to run on can be a bit hard around here). Anyway I'm wondering whats the best way to adjust my training schedule. Try to repeat the workout tomorrow? Take an extra easy day and then repeat? Or just stick to the schedule?
Unbelievable! Do you really need someone to hold your hand on this one? 5 minus 2 = 3. Continue the workout on the roads.
There may have been a valid reason he didn't. The guy came here with a straightforward question. Why give him grief?