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March 28, 2024

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U of A

Member Since:

May 16, 2015

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Ran 200 miles in under a week(nov 2019) . Ran 226 miles in under a week twice in 17 days(oct 2023). Ran 250 miles in under a week(mar 2024)

Personal:

25. braves fan/canes fanatic/broncos sufferer

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Miles:This week: 89.00 Month: 620.00 Year: 1836.00
Fly's Lifetime Miles: 215.00
Pegs 36 #8 Lifetime Miles: 451.00
Pegs #9 Lifetime Miles: 322.25
Peg 37 White Lifetime Miles: 289.50
Streak LT Lifetime Miles: 11.50
Peg 37 Navy Lifetime Miles: 494.50
Peg 37 Magenta Lifetime Miles: 508.75
Peg Shields Lifetime Miles: 795.00
Peg Shields 2(orange) Lifetime Miles: 770.00
Total Distance
15.00

3 miles warmup, 2x1200m w/ 200m rec, CD for 10. Tried working down to tempo during the warmup and that was embarrasingly slow based on effort so I thought about bailing on the 1200's altogether, but decided just to try. Ran 3:49 and 3:40. Both felt controlled, first one I dropped a couple of seconds every lap and the second one was even 73's. I knew all this mileage had to apply somewhere in my running, and I finally figured it out; my recovery time is way better than it's ever been. After a mile or two after the second 1200 I felt like I hadn't even done any hard running, honestly wanted to throw more 1200's in but decided the smart thing would be to wait. I'm excited for when I have higher volume workouts, but increasing that is more listening day by day to the body than planning something out, and it's a finer line with mileage this high, at least right now. Not a crazy workout but a good starting point.

5 very easy in the afternoon. Went home because I forgot my student ID, but about to head to the gym for weights. Hopefully I recover faster this time.

Saucony Type A6 Miles: 10.00Fast Miles: 1.50Pegaroos 36 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kenny the Apache on Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 09:52:52 from 65.48.74.201

Eugene, I totally agree with your approach on building up workouts and speed training by being able to increase mileage first. I think this is a key aspect of what our coaches in high school were having us miss out on. We would do lots of speed, but we were lacking a lot of the base building that higher volume mileage benefits us before starting those speed workouts.

From Eugene on Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 15:21:39 from 73.58.34.45

One way or another they helped mold me into the person I am today as high school sports coaches... as a runner I learned nothing though lol

From Eugene on Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 15:22:57 from 73.58.34.45

Only reason we won region is Aaron and I trained all summer trying to beat each other, and Mason, Kedric and Christian just had supreme talent

From Eugene on Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 15:23:49 from 73.58.34.45

Coaches did help us perfect our racing tactics that last year though. Every good team race we had that was pretty essential.

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