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mileage hound

    I have read Daniels' Running Formula, and a few other lesser works on the subject of running.  I subscribe to Running Times.  I have attended a few running camps, and talk to both coaches and highly competitive members of the sport, in order to increase my knowledge of the sport.  So, if I may ask, what piece of this puzzle am I missing to give me the wisdom you all seem to feel you possess and correct my views that you feel are oh so wrong?

     

    No, YOU can't be serious.  You are arguing with very successful runners and coaches who have been at it longer than you have been alive because you subscribe to a couple entertaining rags and surf the internet?  Geez, open your mind to the experienced and learn a thing or two.

    Have you ever run a 100 mile week?  How about 8 or more of them in a three month period?  If not, how do you pretend to know what they do to the body?  If you can handle that kind of training, it is because your body has hardened to handle the rigors of hit.  Hell, when I started running I always had shin splints or something going on.  By the time I was running 100mpw I was never injured because my body had adapted.  Since you like reading on the internet, there are studies out there demonstrating that regular running strengthens joints and prevents injury.

    2012 goals:  Fastest race times since 2006.


    The King of Beasts

      wow my brain hurts

       

      Purdy wishes he was a high school girl (who doesn't ??)

       

      HotSoup is a high school girl.

       

      i just finished a brutal run where I avg 11:15 min per mile pace. Pace is not everything.

      "As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man / I have chalked up many a mile. / Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, / And I've learned much from both of their styles." ~ Jimmy Buffett

      “"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit.
      "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."”


      Hawt and sexy

        Yous guys are making me giggle. Stop it.

        I'm touching your pants.


        We've Got Big Hills


          i just finished a brutal run where I avg 11:15 min per mile pace. Oxygen is not everything.

          I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

           

          Poor baby


          mileage hound


            i just finished a brutal run where I avg 11:15 min per mile pace. altitude is everything.

             FIFY

            2012 goals:  Fastest race times since 2006.


            I look my best blurry!

              willanoma-Me too! Testosterone is so funny, huh? hotsoup- Listen and learn from the big boys.
                Yous guys are making me giggle. Stop it.

                 

                Well, as long as you aren't starting to tingle!!!!

                Those who try, fail! Those who do what it takes to succeed, succeed!!


                elle aime courir

                  Good- so I'm not the only one who thought Hotsoup was full of something...


                  "You are arguing with very successful runners and coaches who have been at it longer than you have been alive because you subscribe to a couple entertaining rags and surf the internet?  Geez, open your mind to the experienced and learn a thing or two."


                  I agree.  There are many people who I will argue with, but people like Trent and Nobby who have been doing this for a long time, and have a wealth of knowledge they are willing to share free of charge- no way will I argue with them.  


                  I'm extremely curious to know how I will race this fall.  I have been following the idea of  "run lots, mostly easy, sometimes fast".  Since last fall I was running in the 20-21 min range for a 5k, it will be interesting to see what happens now, since last summer I was running about a third of what I do now, and at a fast speed for my fitness and ability (at that time)

                  800m PR- 2:36

                  5k PR- 21:00 (road); 20:15 (trail)

                  10k PR- 49:00

                  10mi PR- 1:23:27


                  Hometown AG win.

                    Hot Soup seems to have cooled off.
                      Point made.  I suggest we move on.


                      "Race Across The Sky"

                        i just finished a brutal run where I avg 11:15 min per mile pace. Pace is not everything.

                         

                         

                        Nice work A1.  How are you feeling now?  I am excited for you.

                         

                        Time to ease off yet?

                        What was the secret, they wanted to know; in a thousand different ways they wanted to know The Secret. And not one of them was prepared, truly prepared to believe that it had not so much to do with chemicals and zippy mental tricks as with that most unprofound and sometimes heart-rending process of removing, molecule by molecule, the very tough rubber that comprised the bottoms of his training shoes. The Trial of Miles; Miles of Trials


                        The King of Beasts

                           

                           

                          Nice work A1.  How are you feeling now?  I am excited for you.

                           

                          Time to ease off yet?

                           

                          Not quite time to back off yet, This weekend puts me 3 weeks out from race day.

                          "As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man / I have chalked up many a mile. / Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, / And I've learned much from both of their styles." ~ Jimmy Buffett

                          “"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit.
                          "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."”

                            This thread has exploded....

                             

                            What's interesting is most of my days are probably "easy" (one of which is a pretty long easy pace).  Two days a week I do a higher intensity workout (usually an hour or less).  Of course I am training distance but I believe this applies to the highest levels as well at any distance.  Aerobic (easier) running benefits both short and long race distances.

                             

                            Hard days are meant to be hard just as much as easy days are meant to be easy I am learning.


                            I look my best blurry!

                               

                              Well, as long as you aren't starting to tingle!!!!

                               

                              Tingle? Huh? See what I mean? Testosterone = fiesty or frisky.


                              The King of Beasts

                                 

                                Tingle? Huh? See what I mean? Testosterone = fiesty or frisky.

                                 

                                usually both

                                "As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man / I have chalked up many a mile. / Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, / And I've learned much from both of their styles." ~ Jimmy Buffett

                                “"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit.
                                "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."”