FrustratedRunner232 wrote:
I do think its a mental thing as i get deathly nervous before races now and am afraid I am going to have another bad race.
as for workouts
ive done things like 8x400 @ 61 w/ 2 mins
600-400-600-400-300-300 @ 58 pace with 1 min per 100 recovery (I know a lot of recovery)
3x1200 @ 3:30 + 4x800 @ 2:15 w/ 2 min
5x300 @ 37-37-38-39-40 8 mins
3x800 w/ 4 mins rest 2:05, 2:04, 2:02, followed by 4x150 striders
5x1000 @ 2:55 w/ 2 min + 4x400 @ 62-63 w/ 2 min + 2x150 basically all out (16.8, 17.2)
A lot of people might think this is not indicative of anything, but looking at my log and the workouts i did before 4:11 & 1:53 these workouts are a bit faster then why i was in those shapes, which is why i think im in better shape. but i could be wrong
These workouts don't correlate, I have a feeling that the 400 workout was the one that you have actually done, which is about the same as I could do when I was only a sub 4:30 miler in HS. The 8/15 workout seems plausible for a 5k-type, not someone who is a 1:53 800 runner, but can only manage a 4:25 mile.