Hey guys. Im making this thread just to see what opinions i can gather.
So i have a few goals i would love to achieve by the end of this track season 2018 and was wondering if you guys have any advice on what i can do to achieve them.
What i want to achieve (PB's= on the left & GOAL's=on the right).
800m 2.03 - 1.59
1500m 4.24 - 4.09 (2 years since PB)
2000mSC 6.20 - 6.14
3000m 9.24 - 8.59
5000m 16.01 - 15.29
10000m × - 32.29
Half M 1.14.38- 1.12.59
Every race here above has been close to one year since racing besides the 1500m (being 2 years). And i kinda want to see what your guys opinion is for me to get these times down.
As for training i like to typically keep it at 50 a week minimum including gym sessions too and its structured alittle like this:
(Mon) AM: 4easy then chest work at gym | PM: 3/4 miles of Hill Training (anything from 50m sprints to 700m hills with occasional strides or 200m repeats after)
(Tue) AM: 4easy then back work at gym | PM: 4/5miles at the track (anything from 200m up to 1 mile > repeats, pyramids etc)
(Wed) AM: 4easy with leg work at gym | PM: 5-8 Mile Tempo run or incline miles from 7.00/pm to 5.40/pm getting faster)
(Thu) AM: 4easy with chest work at gym | PM: 4/5miles at the track (anything from 200m up to miles > repeats, pyramids etc)
(Fri) AM: × | PM: ×
(Sat) AM: 3/4 miles at the track (anything from 200m up to miles > repeats, pyramids etc) PM: Maybe back work at the gym if not then maybe a 3/4 mile easy run to make up miles or possibly a 2/3mile fast workout run.
(Sun) AM: Long Run around 11-15miles depending on the total distance on track sessions > keeping it to around the 50 mark. PM: ×
So including the warm up miles this averages around 50+ miles a week which im more than happy to increase but was wondering if you guys had any different opinions of how or what i can add/take away to achieve my results. I dont seem to be getting any faster nor any stronger and cant seem to work out why. My pals are training around 40-60 miles a week and they are flying with sub 4 1500m races and 8.20 3000m races! I do like my distance events i can not lie eg- 3000m up to half and i am typically stronger in these events too but i feel my training is not as effective as it is for most people.