Getting Slower to Get Faster

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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 23, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

800m: 1:53 (1998), 1000m: 2:30 (1999), 1500m: 3:56 (1998), 5k: 16:18 (Magna,1998), 10k 32:55 (unofficial split at hobblecreek, 1998), 1/2 Marathon: 1:12:10 (Hobble Creek, 1998), Marathon: 3:02:42 (St. George, 2008, debut), Bench press: 280 lbs (2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Run St. George under 3:10:59 to obtain Boston Qualifier.~~

Bring 5K back under 18 minutes.

Current training phase: Base building and weight loss (getting slower to get faster).

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun with my training and races. Maintain athleticism and physical versatility through old age. I'll probably run many marathons, but I won't do pure marathon training year-round because I am probably more interesting in maintaining overall athletic versatility.

Personal:

My approach to training is feeling and effort based. Particular workouts should feel a certain way and I try to apply the right amount of effort to match that feeling. On the other hand, I'm pretty analytical by nature so I like to analyze and record my workouts in thorough detail. I think optimal training is a balance between the intuitive and analytical.

Married, 3 children, molecular physiologist.

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Sun, May 24, 2009

400 m race pace	800 m race pace	1500 m race pace	3 K race pace	5 K race pace	10 K race pace	Lactic Threshold	Aerobic Threshold	Marathon Pace	Base II	Base I	Regeneration	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	3.00	0.00	3.00	4.11	0.00	11.11

A.M. 11 mile progression run along the Jordan River Parkway.

I felt a little tired and flat at the beginning. This is not surprising because of the pressure of the grant deadline I'm facing. I let my body dictate the pace and felt increasingly better as the run progressed. I moved from Base I to Base II, through AT, and then ran the last mile at LT in 6:46.

My achilles felt fine. I can run hills, tempos, light intervals, and go long now. I'd say its 80% healed, I just can't do any fast work. This is a little frustrating because as a "fast" distance runner I'm really dependent on speedwork to become fit. I'm eager to head into some solid interval training but will continue a systematic progression, making incremental increases in the stress I put on my achilles. Slowly but surely. . .

Comments

From Adam RW on Mon, May 25, 2009 at 14:32:38 from 155.101.152.103

Glad the achilles is behaving. Sorry about the stress, I don't know why we do it to ourselves. Oh wait yes I do, we're nuts...

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