So I've seen a lot of stuff on lets run and I've read a lot of stuff about how bad it is to "go too hard" in practice. So if I'm not supposed to go hard during practice, what am I supposed to do? It seems counter intuitive to me to not go hard in practice. I off course understand rest days, easy days, and the tapering period before big meets, but on workout days in the beginning and middle of the season why shouldn't I go hard? Can anyone explain?
bill101 wrote:
So I've seen a lot of stuff on lets run and I've read a lot of stuff about how bad it is to "go too hard" in practice. So if I'm not supposed to go hard during practice, what am I supposed to do? It seems counter intuitive to me to not go hard in practice. I off course understand rest days, easy days, and the tapering period before big meets, but on workout days in the beginning and middle of the season why shouldn't I go hard? Can anyone explain?
"race hard" should usually be harder than "workout hard". It is hard to quantify this precisely. A good rule of thumb is that if your races are not what your workouts "predict", then probably your workouts are too fast/hard.
alright thanks. It is definitely had to quantify, I think that's what annoys me.
Workouts level 9, races level 11.
Running more in control you will be able to do longer workouts, stay healthy, and train more consistently without interruptions.
If you turn your workouts all the way up, all the way up. Where can you go from there? Where? Nowhere, exactly. So when you need that extra push, In the race. What do you do? Turn it up to 11.
Lol that's a great way to quantify it thanks
Coe reckoned his races were easier than some of his training sessions.
That's where I'm confused. It seems like some people firmly believe that workouts should not be close to as hard as races, and some people, you referenced Coe, say that their workouts are as hard or harder than races. And thus I am confused
bill101 wrote:
That's where I'm confused. It seems like some people firmly believe that workouts should not be close to as hard as races, and some people, you referenced Coe, say that their workouts are as hard or harder than races. And thus I am confused