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Why is it sideways?
One day at a time
Feeling the growl again
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills
Spaniel, thanks for your post. DS16 is a junior and his 5K XC PR is 16:39. He is willing to work as hard as it takes to go sub-16, so I'll show him what you wrote. He's NOT injury prone (knock on wood), so he could probably ramp up a little. It's so much fun to see him run. He has a chance of being state champ next year. Do you have any suggestions for how he should look at colleges? It needs to be a school with a strong science/engineering program, since that's his interest, but his dad and I have NO idea how to find out about running programs. Thanks!
Spaniel -- A little off topic, but... When you were (or are!) running 100 or so mile weeks, how many "hard" workouts were you doing and how many easy/recover miles were in that 100? The reason I ask is that I'm increaseing mileage very slowly in preperation for a spring marathon and I I am into the 70-80 MPW range, running 2 hard workouts per week (speed work or a stamina workout), one long run per week (14 - 18 miles) with the rest easy/recovery. I'm likely going to cap the MPW around 90-95 after base building. I've been injury free for a year or so and have seen steady improvement in my 10K times off of mileage in the 55-65 MPW range during 2008. I sometimes wonder if I could see bigger gains by adding a third "hard" workout, but I'm tentative about doing it. I've tried it a few times without problem, but it hasn't been consistent. I know that each runner is different, but in your opinion in terms of risk/reward, is it worth adding a third hard day? Is two hard, plus one long run with rest easy sufficient? Is there much to gain from a third hard day? Any advice/input you've got is greatly appreciated.
Long dead ... But my stench lingers !