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Location:

FL,United States

Member Since:

Feb 08, 2015

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Certified course PR's:

Mile: 4:28.0 (Florida, Jan 2020)

5K: 15:12 (FL, Jan. 2020)

10K: 31:44 (FL, Feb. 2020)

15K: 49:03 (FL, Feb. 2020)

1/2 Marathon: 1:10:34 (FL, Feb. 2020)

Marathon: 2:26:57 (WA, July 2019)

100k (63.7 miles, trail): 9:11:00 (FL, Jan. 2019)

Personal:

I started running in 2010 and have (mostly) kept it a habit ever since!  

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AM: 1 mile of striders.  Wanted to really give some good efforts on some super short repeats- I really am digging the running form I showed on Sunday, so I wanted to practice it again.

PM: 10.15 miles total, 3.4 of them fast in a workout with John.  

Workout was 3 sets of 6x300, with 100 recoveries and then 500 recoveries between the sets.

Splits-

set one- 54, 51, 51, 54, 52, 52

set two- 52, 51, 54, 55, 52, 52

set three- 52, 52, 52, 54, 53, 51

Thoughts: Felt pretty good.  Chose the windy straightaway which made it more difficult thant it needed to be.  John was nice enough to modify his workout to stay with me, which I appreciated.  I truly enjoy running with him.  My legs are finally feeling Sunday's dri triathlon.  I'm actually kind of sore all over thanks to the weight floor.  

Secondary overtly ranting thoughts: I am a bit annoyed of the people I'm running with saying that running these intervals fast isn't helpful to 5ks and longer distances.  That just doesn't resonate with me.  True, it's not the paces we'll be running in any of our races, but that doesn't mean it is not going to make you more efficient form-wise, make the pace of those races feel easy, and make you a better runner.  Elia had mentioned, "what is the purpose" of doing these short intervals- first of all, 95% of the intervals we do are much longer than these 300s & 400s.  Second of all, training is- in my mind anyway- a way to become a better runner overall, not a way to PR a specific race distance.  I want it to feel easy and look easy when race day is here.  Even Anthony has mentioned something similar to Elia- practice your race pace.  Why?  I'm not doing a half marathon worth of effort on these intervals.  I'm challenging myself.  Teaching my body and mind to challenge itself when the race is here.  I understand the purpose of not going 100% on intervals and reaching all the way to the bottom of the tank, but I don't understand the purpose of floating through these intervals at 60% medium-hard effort.  Meh.  Maybe I'm being hard-headed.  I suppose I just don't like the contradiction of my understanding of running- quite like I'm sure they don't appreciate the contradiction of their understanding of running.  

Comments
From Eugene on Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 06:54:44 from 104.189.16.160

i personally am of the belief that you need to be able to run faster than race pace; it’s not like there’s people running 15:37 for the 5k who can’t break 5 for the mile. plus the short fast intervals are one of the most fun parts of training! a training regimen consisting of only tempo’s and slow intervals sounds like the most boring way to conduct training. i guess that is what marathoners do, but i’d imagine even some occasional fast mile repeats could reap some benefit.

From Donald on Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 09:26:33 from 65.222.251.100

Thanks for the good thought. I am definitely in the mindset of longer-distance sets for all my workouts. I feel like I get really weak-willed when it comes to sets of mile-pace running, which is a mental aspect I can improve. Also, can't deny the improvement in form by occasionally doing a very fast pace. I'll have to think on this for a while...

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