back to training
Well I'm officially back on the training wagon.
The race: San Diego.
The date: June 3, 2007
The goal: To qualify for Boston and also erase all the bad memories from last year.
I did 8 x 400 last night. I was only able to do them at around 80 seconds with the penultimate 400 clocking in at 75. I've never been able to run my quarters fast, but I'd like to get my average down to somewhere between 70 and 75. I'm pretty tired from a boxing class I took on Monday and also from fighting off this pseudo-cold. I'm not exactly sick but I feel just a little off to know that I'm not exactly one hundred percent well. Today I'm running 6 miles. I'm going to train with a variation on this program:
http://runningtimes.com/rt/articles/?id=5997&c=36
I'll probably only run 5 days a week instead of 6, but I was very strong last year when I did run 6 days. Consequently, I might be running a lot again, but I don't want to feel run down or tired. I'm also only going to run track once a week as opposed to twice since I always seem to get little injuries when I run on the track too much. I hope to get down to around 160 before race day, so I need to strike a balance between fueling correctly and not starving myself.
Training can be very scientific, but I never really meticulously monitor my training as a scientist would monitor their experiment. I'm more of a run how you feel type, so if I'm having a good day I'll run hard and vice-versa. I sort of have the same approach to running as I do with cooking. I'll take a recipe, or in this case a training program, and modify the ingredients to suit my needs. At least I have one thing in common with a scientist. I do like to experiment.
The race: San Diego.
The date: June 3, 2007
The goal: To qualify for Boston and also erase all the bad memories from last year.
I did 8 x 400 last night. I was only able to do them at around 80 seconds with the penultimate 400 clocking in at 75. I've never been able to run my quarters fast, but I'd like to get my average down to somewhere between 70 and 75. I'm pretty tired from a boxing class I took on Monday and also from fighting off this pseudo-cold. I'm not exactly sick but I feel just a little off to know that I'm not exactly one hundred percent well. Today I'm running 6 miles. I'm going to train with a variation on this program:
http://runningtimes.com/rt/articles/?id=5997&c=36
I'll probably only run 5 days a week instead of 6, but I was very strong last year when I did run 6 days. Consequently, I might be running a lot again, but I don't want to feel run down or tired. I'm also only going to run track once a week as opposed to twice since I always seem to get little injuries when I run on the track too much. I hope to get down to around 160 before race day, so I need to strike a balance between fueling correctly and not starving myself.
Training can be very scientific, but I never really meticulously monitor my training as a scientist would monitor their experiment. I'm more of a run how you feel type, so if I'm having a good day I'll run hard and vice-versa. I sort of have the same approach to running as I do with cooking. I'll take a recipe, or in this case a training program, and modify the ingredients to suit my needs. At least I have one thing in common with a scientist. I do like to experiment.
Labels: marathons, running, training
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