My feelings are in tact . I was just questioning whether what I'm doing is really working for me. I ran my 10 miles today in right at 1:20. Two years ago, that was faster than my Army 10 miler time and I spent the rest of the afternoon on the couch with the shakes after that race. I know I've improved. But I've got to look at my last race and try and figure out what to do differently if I want to achieve my marathon goal time. Maybe its just more volume. Maybe its better control on my long medium long and long runs so that I'm able to run that higher volume.
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
Oh Mighty Wing
I think it takes many training cycles to actually figure out what's best, all you can do is experiment , hope and learn
Dave
Hey Dave, What say you about running that half on the 19th?
I ran a mile and I liked it, liked it, liked it. dgb2n@yahoo.com
we have people in our running group that I would say NEVER run easy- (although they say they're running easy) almost every run feels like a race- but these are the same people who just ran 70-75 minutes in the Cherry Blossom 10 miler on Sunday
Lou, (aka Mr. predawnrunner), MD, USA | Lou's Brews | lking@pobox.com
You would be suprised Murphy. Also are you sure it's all muscular? If your back is out of alignment at all it can cause spasms. Anyway like I said just a thought. How about having dw massage your back? Or better yet go get a nice Professional one.
Bugs
My training is less than ever but coach still thinks 3:45 is not a problem. He thinks to take 15 minutes off when your a four hour marathon runner is not hard. I hope he's right.
Im starting to have my doubts about it being muscular..But it is the same type of pain that I had about a year ago, and the doc diagnosed it as muscular. It took about 4 days to get better. If not better tomorrow, I'll get to the doc.
I don't know about that but I think its runner dependent.
I have no clue. I ran so good my first year, thought I knew everything as I broke four hours while my friends that had been running marathons for years came in behind me, and now I'm sure I know very little about training. My training is less than ever but coach still thinks 3:45 is not a problem. He thinks to take 15 minutes off when your a four hour marathon runner is not hard. I hope he's right.
Lou, my 10 mile time is within a minute of yours. Am I selling myself short with only shooting for 1:40 on the half? FWIW, I think if you run smart, 3:30 is a very real possibility