best training program ever

Certainly one of the simplest. Is that just base training, or do you do it year-round?

Seriously, anyone got any thoughts on this? Could something so simple be of any value? Do runners tend to over think training sometimes?

gc wrote:

Seriously, anyone got any thoughts on this? Could something so simple be of any value? Do runners tend to over think training sometimes?

Something very similar to this worked nicely for Mark Nenow. His was 10 miles AM, 10 miles PM, 20 on Sunday and be sure to throw in some hills. As for over thinking, sure, its a lot easier to talk about training than to do it.

This can be done during the entire year. I recommend taking one or two weeks off a year, usually after the competitive season. Once or twice a month, taking Saturday off is ok...adjustments can be done for races, speed work and tapering.

My point was that we get so fancy about constructing track workouts of differing distances and recovery times or lactate this and VO2 that that sometimes the simplest things work just as well if not better.

Anyone? Bueller?

What you said.

Hello?

Just Do it?

it can be that simple. depending what event u train for you could drop the 1hr morning run to 45mins and then increase saturdays to 1 hour. thats basically how i trained after school and had my best results on the road from 3k to 20k. long run was mainly 90 minutes

It works. PR'd everything from 2 mile to marathon doing it. Just find the sweet spot everyday and let the tempo come to you.

rhpuw

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Multi-Pace Training of Portugese

sun long run

mon recovery run

tue reps of 200s,300s,or 400s with short recovery jogs

wed recovery run

thu tempo run

fri recovery run

sat race or long intervals at race pace(1000s,1500s,2ks,3ks)

do you have a job? this program seems very time consuming

Try this if short on time:

Sunday-off

Monday 400 intervals

Tuesday-off

Wednesday-tempo run

Thursday-off

Friday-off

Saturday-race

The more time you have, just fill in the "offs" with recovery runs.

Are you serious? 13/168 hours is a lot? Ok, I will help you out.

1. Quit watching TV (only Curb your enthusiasm is worth watching)

2. Don't surf the web as much.

3. commute to and from work/school by running

4. get up earlier

5. MAKE THE COMMITMENT

Nabisco wrote:

3. commute to and from work/school by running

And what if you can't go even an easy 5 mile jog in the morning without your legs being sore all day if you don't put your legs in an ice and water bucket after your run? I personally know that my legs feel fine and I'm not feeling any injuries, but if I go one run w/ out icing my legs, they are in soreness all day.