tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758090575418482333.post6626545182326818670..comments2024-02-29T19:40:43.487-08:00Comments on Tri This . . . . . . . . . . . . Fleck's Blog: Marathons & TriathlonSteve Fleckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323624438361035624noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758090575418482333.post-24641967488912324782012-01-12T17:58:42.066-08:002012-01-12T17:58:42.066-08:00Fleck,
I agree with most of what you are saying. ...Fleck,<br /><br />I agree with most of what you are saying. Mileage makes you a better runner. Lydiard preached it and it worked and still works.<br /><br />I was previous a collegiate runner with a 31:30 10K PR (many years and lbs ago). Now i have become an aging working stiff triathlete that can not swim to save my life but can ride as well as most any AGer and i survive the run better than most.<br /><br />This fall and winter i embarked on a plan to get my run down from a 40min olympic run to AT LEAST sub 38...so, i committed to running consistently. I chose to do a 5 week program where i ran a minimum of 30 minutes everyday for 14 days then a week of running when i wanted to followed by 14 days of at least one full hour a day. In the end i ran 32 of 40 days.<br /><br />I never ran so hard that i couldn't repeat the run the next day. Even as my legs become more and more tired i found myself running courses from earlier in the cycle at 30 seconds faster per mile but with a lower HR.<br /><br />For those familiar with Training Peaks the 41 days saw me take my CTL from 23.7 to 46. I didnt run intervals or anything like that. <br /><br />I simply ran more. During the middle of my biggest two weeks of running in 10 years i ran 18:30 for a 5K when 5 weeks earlier on an easier course i was only able to run 18:54.<br /><br />as John Parker once wrote in "Once a Runner"...it is the trials of miles and the miles of trials.<br /><br />oh, and i am learning from experience...the same works in the pool and on a bike.BlueChancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02055480095430715306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758090575418482333.post-13583471732077079932008-11-21T07:47:00.000-08:002008-11-21T07:47:00.000-08:00Eric,Naturally the pace is going to vary from pers...Eric,<BR/><BR/>Naturally the pace is going to vary from person to person. You know you are doing the right pace when you can run about an hour and you are ready to go the next day - ie it's a decent pace, you are working hard towards the end of the hour, but it's not leaving you so beat up that you have to take the next day off. It's not that sexy, or complicated - just keep repeating this day after day.Steve Fleckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09323624438361035624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758090575418482333.post-40506993273735100332008-11-21T01:05:00.000-08:002008-11-21T01:05:00.000-08:00Yes, interesting reading indeed.I'm currently foll...Yes, interesting reading indeed.<BR/>I'm currently following a running focus plan to improve my poor running on an IM.<BR/>It's exactly what you describe : running nearly everyday or so, tired or not (especially when tired, of course...). Go to massage and use cold bath for recovery.<BR/>But pace : doesn't it matter in some way when building a run fitness ? Running at endurance pace is not exactly similar to IM pace. That's a good + 10-15bpm.<BR/>What do you think ?<BR/><BR/>EricAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758090575418482333.post-43018854563707491552008-11-11T15:08:00.000-08:002008-11-11T15:08:00.000-08:00Roger that. Thanks and talk to you soon. JRoger that. Thanks and talk to you soon. JUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620011800263003993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758090575418482333.post-10126352327967290352008-11-11T15:07:00.000-08:002008-11-11T15:07:00.000-08:00JB,Everyone's a bit different. I think that many A...JB,<BR/><BR/>Everyone's a bit different. I think that many Age-Group triathletes run marathons because it gives them a goal to shoot for. That's fine and it that is a motivator then so be it. I still think that if they did the training but skipped the marathon, they may actually be better off :-)<BR/><BR/>Each to his own.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes for your marathon. You do sound like the run is coming along around for you and that is the bottom line.<BR/><BR/>SFSteve Fleckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09323624438361035624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758090575418482333.post-8536010547442997592008-11-08T18:04:00.000-08:002008-11-08T18:04:00.000-08:00Interesting reading. I have improved my run signif...Interesting reading. I have improved my run significantly this year following many of these principles and elected to run an off season marathon after a 12 week dedicated running plan. Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning 55 mile/wk plan starting at week 6 of his 18 week plan. Only biking/swimming once a week and plan to take several weeks off after the mary. Usually run an avg. of mid 20's at best weekly but have averaged over 50/wk for the past 8 weeks w/o injury. Weekly ART, massgae and ice baths and stretching help no doubt. Run was my weakness and it has really come a long way in the past 2 years. I plan to recover fully before next year so why not do a mary and see if I can "take it to the next level"?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620011800263003993noreply@blogger.com