My daughter went to practice expecting a 3200 time trial. She came home having done the trial and 3x1000 at her 3200 pace. She said she rocked it, but she also said most of the kids were dead by the end of the time trial.
Just wondering how often coaches spring that kind of stuff on kids, especially when they may have given a good effort on the expected portion of the practice?
If the kids knew ahead of time about the 1Ks, they wouldn't have given 100% on the time trial.
See Mihaly Igloi
see Vigil too.
I believe Joe Vigil discusses workouts like this progressed over the season but it seems pretty early in the season for this type of workout
Yes I do, sometimes it is more work than I originally said and sometimes it is less.
Trews wrote:
If the kids knew ahead of time about the 1Ks, they wouldn't have given 100% on the time trial.
They don't give out medals for winning practice
Wise sayer of wise things wrote:
Trews wrote:If the kids knew ahead of time about the 1Ks, they wouldn't have given 100% on the time trial.
They don't give out medals for winning practice
Do you understand the purpose of a time trial? It isn't a tempo run... You don't get any useful information without it being 100%, the coach was probably using the 3200 to assess training progress or to set his top 7 for the first meet, etc.
I suppose early in the season is the perfect time to throw in a (rude) surprise or two. There is plenty of time for recovery or rehab if need be. It depends on the objective of the coach, doing so frequently would condition the athletes to hold back, which gives pause to all the workout warriors on the team. On the other hand, if the objective is to get the athletes to go hard, then such a practice might be detrimental.
runnerdnerd wrote:
Wise sayer of wise things wrote:They don't give out medals for winning practice
Do you understand the purpose of a time trial? It isn't a tempo run... You don't get any useful information without it being 100%, the coach was probably using the 3200 to assess training progress or to set his top 7 for the first meet, etc.
Figure out your goal for each practice, and do just that.
Wise sayer of wise things wrote:
runnerdnerd wrote:Do you understand the purpose of a time trial? It isn't a tempo run... You don't get any useful information without it being 100%, the coach was probably using the 3200 to assess training progress or to set his top 7 for the first meet, etc.
Figure out your goal for each practice, and do just that.
See my username.
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