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Old 03-29-2011, 04:42 AM   #30 (permalink)
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I don't solve world problems or think about women. The former slows me down to a crawl and the latter speeds me up to a really uncomfortable pace.

I take in the sites. I compose bad poetry. I sing songs to myself. I focus on a person in front of me and try to pass them. Music can be good, but it's not the answer for everyone. It's definitely not the answer for every day. What's your answer? Good question. I'm arrogant enough to KNOW that I'm faster and tougher than anyone else running anywhere close to me and having to prove it. That might not work for you, though. We all know I'm a freak.

Kirstang, you know what you need? A training partner. Someone to go out and shoot the shit with for a half hour while you're both chugging along on the slower days. Plan9's due for another promotion in the next 20 minutes, so maybe he'll get promoted to "Kirstang's running buddy" and actually do something positive for the world.

The thing that will make you fastest is running your mileage fast. If you want to run a 5k in 21 minutes (call it 7 minute/mile - it's not, but you know what I mean), then you should be running 3-5 miles in practice (more if you can) in 7:30-:45/mile pace. The idea of the fartlek is to be going faster than your goal race pace for an extended period.

What I haven't seen (and maybe I missed it) is what you're trying to do. What's the goal? Sub 4 mile? Finish a marathon? Something in between?

There are some great ideas for enhancements in this thread, but you seem to be missing a very basic element of distance training - a plan. As I read it, you're currently doing about 6 miles/week. I'm not sure what you think you're going to accomplish with that. I'm also not sure what the intervals are there for. Honestly, if I were coaching you, intervals would be the last thing that I'd have you do. You're not gaining anything from them, mainly because you're almost certainly not stressing your system enough to make them meaningful.
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