Thursday 1st of June
Rest (work).
PM
Will do slow run.(Allergic - no race.)
*I cannot race today and I'm frustrated. I would have wanted today to be my second race on track but it won't even be the first one. I was miserable last night - runny eyes & nose and just generally dizzy & pissed of. But I cannot race tonight (nor do a hard session) in a state like this (still walking around looking like I'm crying and feeling a fever lurking nearby), I might risk the whole summer doing that (or something worse by getting ill for real). I will run slow in the afternoon and do a couple of short fastish reps. I can't but wait these allergic symphtoms out.
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*Did 70 min slow run with avg.pulse 143.
*8x 100-120 m - fast & relaxed.
*Tired and not running well. Breathing taxed. But it still feels like the worst of this spell of allergy is over.
4 comments:
I can quite understand that you are dissappointed with a break in the programme. I would be too. But you need to keep things in perspective. You have come back from the grave as far as your running is concerned. Three years ago you were too ill to run. Now you are generally healthy and posting best ever performances. The fact that you have not got back to top form at 800m yet this year should not put a damper on the rest of the improvement. It has been huge and it is still continuing.
You now need to put this all in context. You have another couple of hard years of mileage to come before you will see your real talent come through. You have only just become comfortable with your 2 hour runs. Another two years and they will be routine and fast. Your 8K run shows that you have made huge improvements but that we need more.
I know that you want to experience the thrill of destroying your friends and club mates in races. So you should and will. Just think about the joy when you do. If you have to wait then your standard will just be that much higher. Discipline and patience are all. Read the latest letsrun thread on Lydiard.... Emperors clothes. It should give even more hope.
Glen
Thanks - it's just hard to keep perspective when pressure is building to start doing things - it's hard to keep taking these deep breaths... (I've been doing it for quite some time now.)
But that's the way it is and today I'm feeling much better than yesterday. I'm going to Kokkola now and I will bring my spikes with me and see if I can do a short session on track - at least a couple of easy reps - nothing too demanding. I've decided to be free from all this rubbish on Monday and get on with the programme.
I agree that you have been really patient and I admire that. But this is probably the key ingredient needed at the moment in this particular cake.
As you are running so far to the track I think that we can dispense with the continuous runs on other days and do more fast work on the road and tracks.
At 1500m pace try running 1 min on 1 min stand still, to destruction, 5 mins walk then repeat, 5 mins walk then repeat again. Try to make yourself sick on the second set. Also 45 secs on and 45 secs off same protocol.
At 800 pace four ways, 45 on 45off, then a second session is faster pace at 45 on 75 off, third is faster again at 30 on 90 off.
fourth is 45 secs at 150, 45 off then 155, 160 etc to maximum and then keep doing them until destruction. Start a second set at 170.
free run session of 1x5k pace, 2x1500, 3x800, 1x400 into increasing stress each run. take rest as needed but go again as soon as you feel able - not too soon though or it ruins it. The last run to destruction
The symptoms you feel may be because you are now working into a totally different chemistry and the body is finding it harder to adapt. You seem to need an extra day from the sessions to recover. It could be that simple.
Good session alternatives. I will use them when not going to the track. Thanks!
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