Coach made us do a long run after a race

I just realized that you did an 8 mile run THE DAY AFTER a race. The way you worded it, I thought you did it immediately AFTER the 3-mile race.

Indeed, you should shut up. I used to do 17-23 miles at 6:30 pace the day after winning 5k races.

laughing wrote:

there are thousands of people around the world who come to LRC for the first time every day.

I can't take you seriously after saying this. If you have been here long you know there's only like 10 of us, we just use different handles.

So..... wrote:

Ll

Mycoachsucks wrote:

Doesn't he understand what recovery is. You need RECOVERY after races. It's just as important as running. He even asked some kids to double today. How can they recover?

Oh no! A bunch of poor entitled brats have to put in some work! How could they possibility recover?? Try doing a workout consisting of 10 miles in the morning followed by a 12 mile easy( yes easy, not long) run in the afternoon and run 110 miles per week without a rest day, ever. Guess what? I still recovered. I spent the other 22 hours that day recovering, the 92% of my day I wasn't running. Stop being a baby.

I bet you ran a 26:40 8k in college

How did you recovery? Did you get injured?

So..... wrote:

Ll

Mycoachsucks wrote:

Doesn't he understand what recovery is. You need RECOVERY after races. It's just as important as running. He even asked some kids to double today. How can they recover?

Oh no! A bunch of poor entitled brats have to put in some work! How could they possibility recover?? Try doing a workout consisting of 10 miles in the morning followed by a 12 mile easy( yes easy, not long) run in the afternoon and run 110 miles per week without a rest day, ever. Guess what? I still recovered. I spent the other 22 hours that day recovering, the 92% of my day I wasn't running. Stop being a baby.

^This

Mycoachsucks wrote:

somebloke wrote:

Young one, you have lots to learn. Your coach is trying to make an athlete out of your spoiled ass.

how is it spoiled to ask the coach not to break my body. I dont want a stresssss fracture. thats almost 11 miles in 2 days, thats 37 mpw, i usually do 25. Thats too much

0/10

Just keep the pace of the 8 miles on the easier side

Rosie ODonnell, truck driver wrote:

Just keep the pace of the 8 miles on the easier side

no do it all out

CWRP wrote:

laughing wrote:

there are thousands of people around the world who come to LRC for the first time every day.

I can't take you seriously after saying this. If you have been here long you know there's only like 10 of us, we just use different handles.

Plus me, that's 11.

Ya i am new here

Rosie ODonnell, truck driver wrote:

Just keep the pace of the 8 miles on the easier side

OP said he ran the first mile in 10 and the second in 9. That is ridiculously easy pace for a 5ker to keep up. When I was running 18 mid for a 5k I could click off 7 min pace for 10 miles, no problem. 10 min pace should by no means be hard enough to cause walking in the first 4 miles.

Mycoachsucks wrote:

Ya i am new here

Great start. NOT.

i was top 10 in my state in XC, the 800m and the 1600m. 1st in 4x400 and 4x800i never ran more than 6-7 miles at a time at any point in high school. 25-30 mpw maximumi ran more in college and average 8-10 a day now, but that's differentsome kids don't run much or have speed based training.relax.

Get Lost wrote:

8 miles is recovery, Puss.

find your loser wrote:

i was top 10 in my state in XC, the 800m and the 1600m. 1st in 4x400 and 4x800

i never ran more than 6-7 miles at a time at any point in high school. 25-30 mpw maximum

i ran more in college and average 8-10 a day now, but that's different

some kids don't run much or have speed based training.

relax.

Get Lost wrote:

8 miles is recovery, Puss.

I assume you recovered a lot and thats how you did so well, thats what I think too, you never will improve if you are running over 40 mpw,

Geez! I did a 31-miler the day after a 10K once. 10K in 32:xx, 31 miler in 3:35. Long run after a Saturday race is the correct cadence.

The more important question is how hot is your girl friend? we need pictures.

Yes, i definitely did recover well. i was also primarily doing speed workouts in track. XC was just talent, i ran 16:20 or so in my first season (junior). 16:08 senior yearactually, i don't agree that over 40 mpw is bad if you get there carefully. If you want to be very good, you need to run over 40 mpw or have immense talent (Drew Hunter, Grant Fisher etc)now, i'm in my 30's and my best races have been run just doing easy miles at 6:50-7:40 pace, 50-60 mpw. I always feel recovered because there's not much stress. add workouts, my legs tighten excessively up or i get injuredit's all relative though, some guys can just hop in 5k and run under 16:00 because they are talented. these are guys who might be able to run that pace for a 10k or perhaps even a half marathon.I was a 400m-800m guy who could tough out a 4:25 mile in high school. In college I jumped up to 55-70 mpw and ran 4:06. I also had 49.x 400m speed and ran 1:51. but in high school i only ran 1:55 and ran 50.2 in the openmany could argue I underachieved in high school, but it took a long time to figure out i needed to increase my mileage very very slowly. I'm fragile, so lets say i was running 25 mpw my freshman year, maybe the next year i could do 30 mpw, then 35-40 mpw as a junior etc. I learned to build up slow and really do my easy runs slow. it's hard for a high school, i always tried to run 6:30 pace. now my easy days are sometimes 7:45 pace, but i can do a 6 mile tempo at 5:20 pacebe patient. sometimes you need to trust your coach, and sometimes your legs will feel like sh#t and dead tired. learned understand what you can handle but if you never increase the miles, you'll never find out.in your defense, i would have thought an 8 mile run the day after a race was absolutely crazy and i'd have been super tired. i also would have tried to run it too hard. next time, just run 8:00-8:30 pace with your teammates on shady trails if you can. talk about girls, running, whatever. have fun

Mycoachsucks wrote:

find your loser wrote:

i was top 10 in my state in XC, the 800m and the 1600m. 1st in 4x400 and 4x800

i never ran more than 6-7 miles at a time at any point in high school. 25-30 mpw maximum

i ran more in college and average 8-10 a day now, but that's different

some kids don't run much or have speed based training.

relax.

I assume you recovered a lot and thats how you did so well, thats what I think too, you never will improve if you are running over 40 mpw,

Dude thanks for the response. youre right. My coach is right.

Oh dear goodness, considering you most likely warmed up one mile, which I assume based on the experience level implied your post, that comes to a whopping total of... 12 miles.