Hard days, hard. Easy days, easy.
Most people end up running medium all of the time. Medium pace isn't fast enough to lead to improvements and medium pace isn't slow enough to allow full recovery.
Hard days, hard. Easy days, easy.
Most people end up running medium all of the time. Medium pace isn't fast enough to lead to improvements and medium pace isn't slow enough to allow full recovery.
My 1st big breakthrough it was strides and long runs, I had never run longer than an hour at the time and started doing 90 min long runs all summer and dropped 3 min off of my 5k.
My 2nd big breakthrough was due to building a smart base and not overtraining for once.
In HS and college I would have said mileage. At 50, I have learned I couldn't have done the mileage if I had not been working construction. I have spent the last two years learning how to rebuild my body to make up for all the sitting I did during my 40s.
Training with a decent sized group with most far better than me and being lucky enough to avoid injury during the process. I could tuck into the middle of the pack during workouts and use little mental energy while physically absorbing the benefits. After 1-1 1/2 years of this, I remember one of the accomplished guys turning in a tough workout and saying in an encouraging way, "what are you doing up here?" All the efforts began translating to races and my biggest improvements. It was definitely a process that required patience and faith.
Two runs daily.
IRON PILLS!
Night and day
Training. No question. You gotta train man. It's good for a minute-per-mile at least.
Seriously though, I saw zero improvement from thinking about training, reading about training, nothing, zip, nada. But actually training? Miraculous.
SLEEP, an hour more a night.
More Miles
Miles. Went from maybe 45-50 when I was 15-16 up to 65-70 when I was 18-19 with an emphasis on quality.
1) Higher, more consistent mileage (3 weeks at same mileage, 1 down week, 3 weeks at higher mileage, 1 down week, etc)
2) Weights/strength work (went from doing nothing to doing it 3x a week)
Cut my half time down from 1:30 to 1:25 (I'm a girl) in 4 months by doing this. It's amazing what consistency, running more, and weight training can do.
Long runs and hills.
Abstaining from sex
Consistency.
That's all it is. There's a million ways to train, but you must train to improve. Just stay healthy and work hard.
Adderall and adrogel
Long, uninterrupted periods of ordinary training. By long I mean years, not weeks or months.
I lost 120 pounds on the Oprah diet, stopped smoking and using drugs, gave up sex, television, and drinking.
I became a Crossfitting, Garmin user, IPhone carrier, Gelpack wearing stud.
In addition, I never wore shorts over tights, frequently used the terms "Tempo Run", "Heel Drop", "Biomechanics", "Tinman", "Critical Velocity", "Orthotics", "Compression Socks" and "Low Testosterone".
My marathon time went from 5:30 to 5:02.
I consider this a MAJOR achievement.
My new goal is to be profiled in Runner's World.
schweik wrote:
I lost 120 pounds on the Oprah diet, stopped smoking and using drugs, gave up sex, television, and drinking.
I became a Crossfitting, Garmin user, IPhone carrier, Gelpack wearing stud.
In addition, I never wore shorts over tights, frequently used the terms "Tempo Run", "Heel Drop", "Biomechanics", "Tinman", "Critical Velocity", "Orthotics", "Compression Socks" and "Low Testosterone".
My marathon time went from 5:30 to 5:02.
I consider this a MAJOR achievement.
My new goal is to be profiled in Runner's World.
Garmin is the worst.
A round house from Chuck Norris
Bump?
Training the Fascia.