33 years old, just PR'd in the mile

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5 years ago 11/01/2018 7:55am EDT

re: oldHLSdude

oldHLSdude wrote:
the magic rat wrote:
I was rolling my eyes at the troll meter guy, but I don't know man, those workouts...if you're running 8x400 @ 55 or 3x800 @ 2:00...you should be running a lot faster than 4:28. I think you lost me.
Fair enough. I'm fudging the numbers a bit on the 400m workouts. 55 is my target but I'm not always timing. Could be closer to 56-57, but I have timed this workout as recently at September and the times were in the 55-58 range.

If you're doing these with typical recoveries for an 8x400m session, these are mile pace, so you could run around 3:50 mile.

Even if you're doing them with long recoveries, that still indicates a fast 800m time (no slower than 1:50-1:55) relative to your 4:28 mile.

5 years ago 11/02/2018 2:27am EDT

re: oldHLSdude

oldHLSdude wrote:
the magic rat wrote:
What sort of training are you doing? Any injury problems?
Training is like 50% gym work (weights mostly) and 20% outdoor plyo and 30% actual running.
In the off-season, I squat heavy and hardly run at all. This allowed me to get close to a 2.5x bodyweight squat despite being long and lean. When the running seasons is back, I have a ton a strength that carriers over onto the track, even if I lose a little bit.
Weights training heavily incorporates olympic lifting as well.
Running seasons (for me) is usually April - October and I will alternate the following workouts
400mx8 at about 85-90% (55 second pace)
One mile near near max effort
Two or three half miles at about a 4:00 minute pace.
I'd say I much more of an explosive athlete than an endurance athlete and I've never gone farther than a 1.5 miles or so on a single run.
I can get more detailed if you like.

I thought the troll is pretty obvious here, so you definitely need to work on your subtlety.

3/10.

5 years ago 11/02/2018 4:02am EDT

re: Lols

Lols wrote:
I thought the troll is pretty obvious here, so you definitely need to work on your subtlety.
3/10.

I gave it a 1/10 for the unregistered responses shortly after the OP that was blatantly obvious, but since quite a number of people fell for it I bumped it up to 2/10.

5 years ago 11/02/2018 8:25am EDT

re: oldHLSdude

oldHLSdude wrote:
I started running seriously around age 25, never was a good athlete in college/HS, but was also strong for my size and I could dunk a basketball despite being 6'0 and white.
Just PRd this morning with a 4:28. Taking praise, questions and abuse.

At your age , switch to golf. You could get down to a low hdc by the age of 40 if you work hard and consistent . Golf is socially acceptable for adults and ties in with business . When I see old skinny runners in the gym , I think of lonely single men , with poor social skills .

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