ukathleticscoach wrote:
'Didn't hurt to ask the question though did it? I don't think it's necessarily a good approach to just stick with something because 'everyone else' does it.'
It is if the hold the WR unless like I said you are a genius. I know I'm not!
For the long run the saying that you can't ride 2 horses with one arse applies
Keep up the training and good luck
Thanks; I'm convinced on the importance of the long run now. From reading the posts here, it looks like my idea was way too short term.
On another note regarding 5k/10k training; how much of a benefit do you think people around my level (or anyone really) benefits form a periodised training plan? What I mean is that Daniels likes the general transition from fast mile-paced reps, through to intervals, through to more threshold work throughout the season. The reason I ask is that many of the runners in my club seem to perform pretty much the same training week in week out, with only minor variations - there doesn't seem to be much periodisation at all - but they still seem to achieve big improvements. Is this normal?
For instance their workouts may consist of a club tempo run Monday, intervals Tuesday, long run on the weekend. Some might do some other kind or workout on the Thursday for instance, but not everyone, and there doesn't seem to be any real variation from week to week or month to month (the intervals do vary in length though). Hope that makes sense.
I also see people asking the question here saying ‘what 10k training for XYZ time etc.’, and just getting a sample week in reply - there doesn't normally seem to be a mention of changing training focus throughout the season, so maybe it isn’t that key?
Are we talking small margins here? In that periodisation is really the icing on the cake of generally solid training 'covering all the bases'?
Sorry if it sounds like a stupid question; I'm just keen to learn as much as I can so I can establish what I could be focusing on to improve.
Do you think my training might improve if I start running intervals and tempos with my club on the Mon/Tues? I think this might push me a bit harder than running intervals on my own (I've also been doing these by GPS on the road rather than a track, which isn't ideal). Doing this would mean a move away from my Daniels plan though, which is a little of a step in to the unknown for me. Maybe I'm over thinking things!!!