Recap of 7/ 9 week - 12 weeks to go
Chad and Andrew both weighed on Thursday's 5k race results that earned me the cool little piece of hardware seen here. I was somewhat dismayed that I had a meltdown in mile 3 and couldn't hold to break 19 (odd thing is that my 3rd mile felt better than my 2nd as I was running.) Basically they told me I need to put in higher mileage and focus on tempo runs - and to not sweat an early 5k race. 
Thanks, guys.
What they are saying makes sense. I think what got me concerned was that I ran a 3:10 5k equalivalent around this time last year, which was right on track for my goal. With the 2007 goal at 2:59, I had hoped to be further along. My mileage is definitely higher - with seemingly only marginal improvement. Much more work to do, I guess.
Another factor: I weighed in at 175 on Thursday this week; the day of my 5k PR. This is about 5 lbs heavier than I was at this time last summer. As Amby Burfoot pointed out in his recent RW Article, "there's no denying that healthy runners will race about two seconds per mile faster for every pound they lose." This 31 seconds would have put me at 18:50 on that 5k!
My goal is to be 169 lbs on CDC race day on Aug 12th. I will then plan to run a sub-1:27.
I finished the week exactly on target at 46 miles. I knocked out a solid 15 yesterday at 7:36 pace average. We had nice cool weather.
Our CARA training group has a speed work session every Tuesday night. You'll see in this week's plan that I'm working it into this week's schedule.
I am about to attempt my first ever 60-mile week. Check out the plan below.
Preliminary plan for 7/16 week
Mon 7/16 -10 general aerobic
Tue - 6:00 AM: 4 gen aer.
6:30 PM : 3 X 1200m @ 10k pace + 1 min rest btw + 400m at 5k pace - 3 min rest. Repeat 3 times. Then 1 mile at MP. Total of 6 after warm-up/cooldown.
10 total for the day.
Wed - 5 recovery (8:30-8:45 pace)
Thu - 10 miles gen aer
Fri - 5 recovery (8:30-8:45 pace)
Sat - 21 long - run with 8 pace group - target 7:45 pace
Sun - Rest
Goal mileage total: 61 miles
5 comments:
Sweet trophy, Ryan. Congrats on taking your division.
I'm no pro at running or anything, but we both know you'll see a change when you start adding more speed work into the mix. Looking forward to reading all about it!
Way to to kick some butt! there are 12 weeks to go, so plenty of time to get the necessary work in.
Congratulations on the 5K PR! Ryan, don't sweat the small stuff. I would say you have two things going your way. First, that is definitely a sub 19:00 in cooler weather, especially if you were to run a 5K in October. Second,, your mileage has really kicked it up and you'll initially find that your just not as speedy at the shorter distances. The mileage will pay off as you move up in the race distances.
Congrats on the 5k PR and AG WIN!! That's HUGE! Very very cool. :)
I have done a couple races recently too, and I also am questioning "what it all means" (ha ha, we runners are so dramatic!) and I decided not to read TOO much into it. You should do the same- you're obviously super speedy and in great shape, and you have lots of time to trail for the Marathon. A few seconds don't make a huge difference, it's all in your head in my opinion. To sum it up, you rock. :)
Good luck on the 60 mile week, you can do it!!
I have always done better with more mileage versus more speedwork. I am not sure there is a magic mileage marker that will get you a sub-3, but I know that it took 70-80 mile weeks for me. Keep on building.
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