just an update from the 200/400guy trying to be a miler

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19 years ago 10/14/2004 12:12pm EDT

i wrote a while back saying how i was going to try and become a miler. some of you seemed interested in how it would work out, and wanted me to say how it was going.

well.......i'm still trying. i haven't raced yet, but my mileage is way up (for what i'm used to). my long runs are at about 10 miles. i probably average about 55 a week.

my legs are killing me, but i'm sure they'll adjust by the time track comes around.

i plan on lowering the miles soon and working on some faster stuff. (3miles fast every day, then some sprints)

19 years ago 10/14/2004 12:27pm EDT

re: sprinterturnedmiler

sprinterturnedmiler wrote:
i plan on lowering the miles soon and working on some faster stuff. (3miles fast every day, then some sprints)

What, you want to become injured or be a SLOW miler?

3 miles fast every day is a bad idea all by itself. Throw in those sprints and you're asking for failure.

1) Keep the 10 mile run. Perhaps get it down to 8 miles during the season since you're new at this.

2) Run EASY for that long run and on all days except 2.

3) Do some shorter intervals (nothing shorter than 300s) or fartlek or some such other things.

I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHERS HERE WHO CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC THAN I WAS AS I WAS NOT A MILER, BUT YOUR PLAN WAS SO BAD I HAD TO JUMP IN IMMEDIATELY. I NOW LEAVE YOU TO OTHERS WHO ARE MORE QUALIFIED.

19 years ago 10/14/2004 12:54pm EDT

re: Flagpole Willy

well, that was sort of a rough idea i had. here are the details:

average about 3mi a day.

i figured i'd keep the long run on sundays

then do some sort of 300 range sprints on wed and 600-900 range sprints mon

i'll take your advice though - i'm kind of doing this on my own.

19 years ago 10/14/2004 1:22pm EDT

re: sprinterturned miler

Flagpole is definitly right on this, run more than 3 miles a day. At least continue to average 30 miles a week.

Here is a sample 40 mile week plan for the fall if you are trying to be in shape for spring.

Sunday: 8 mile long run

Monday: 6x800 with jog recovery

Tuesday: 6 mile run

Wednesday: 6 mile run

Thursday: 5 mile fartlek or tempo

Friday: 7 mile run

Saturday: off

19 years ago 10/14/2004 1:47pm EDT

re: fmr runner

fmr runner wrote:
Flagpole is definitly right on this, run more than 3 miles a day. At least continue to average 30 miles a week.
Here is a sample 40 mile week plan for the fall if you are trying to be in shape for spring.
Sunday: 8 mile long run
Monday: 6x800 with jog recovery
Tuesday: 6 mile run
Wednesday: 6 mile run
Thursday: 5 mile fartlek or tempo
Friday: 7 mile run
Saturday: off

Good deal there fmr runner. For fall, I'd say he could even bump that 8 miler up to at least 10 (perhaps just to 10 since he's still new at the longer stuff).

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