HOORAY, BLOG.
So we're talking about goals for the summer and i suppose i will post my own thoughts.
First and foremost, mileage: no matter what i do this summer, I will not sacrifice my mileage for anything. Anything new I try will be in addition to the mileage i have already been planning, not instead of it. I don't have anything really specific in mind, but the plan for now is to have a moderately slow build up to around 95 miles a week with 100+ not out of the question. Last summer's mileage felt very comfortable, though it fluctuated a little much, especially when i got sick. Hopefully we will all be able to find a good mutual time to run this summer (i'm hoping to start between 5 and 6...). Considering last year was mostly solo, the help this year should be very... helpful. I'm hoping to get most long runs into the 16-18 range. And we really need to get going early in the morning. I got owned today by the heat and humidity.
For the rest of the week, I'm hoping to get at least one run uptempo, and one easy run in the range of 7 minute pace per week. And one good tempo effort maybe every 10 days and/or a fartlek type deal. Usually 4-5 double days a week.
Non-running things-- lots of abs, pushups and other body weight stuff. Some stretching. Some stride lengthening and strengthening stuff like bench step ups and hill bounds. I'm also willing to try all that crazy shit JRags talks about and any other reasonable ideas anyone comes up with, again, with no sacrifice of mileage. I guess that's it.
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I think barefoot running is huge when you're putting in big miles. When you're running 100 miles per week, little things such as an issue with your shoes, an unnoticed tight muscle, or running on the same side of the street all the time can cause pretty big problems. Running barefoot you can really work on keeping perfect form while building strength in your lower legs and feet. When I was hitting big miles going into my senior year of h.s. I always felt better and stayed healthier when 10-20 miles per week were run without shoes.
ReplyDeleteThen there's bearfoot. Go catch some salmon in the Fells.
What do people think about the Vibram FiveFinger shoes? Any glaring downsides to training solely in them?
ReplyDeleteMy hs coach helped design them. Aside from looking absurd, they allow you to do "barefoot" running on trails or other soft surfaces without having to worry as much about little rocks, glass, sticks, whatever. I thought about investing in a pair, but I'm fine with just running on the alumni fields at night. It's quite nice, you should try it.
ReplyDeleteJust be careful with barefoot running or vibram runing. Jumping to only running in vibrams would probably lead to injury. So watch out and build into it just like you should be building into eveything you're doing.
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