Ready to run again
Ok, it's the 4th day after the marathon and I'm ready to run again.Here's an observation: I think I've been under the influence of a
prolonged endorphin high these past days. Ok, in the moment right
after the race, I was down and in pain, but since then I'm thinking:
Wazzup? I still feel "pumped up". So I'm wondering: with such a long
distance, does this make sense? a longer endorphin high?
Here is my new strategy to reach 4 hour marathon. What do you think
of fixing the pace (9 minutes) and running as many miles as you can
sustain this pace, with the idea that you would eventually reach 26.2
miles? A variation would be to pick two paces (say 8 and 9 minute miles)
and alternate: one week running the faster pace (shorter) and the next
running the slower (longer). I'm thinking of devoting one day to this,
and keeping all the rest of the runs as before (Sat: team, Mon: hills,
Wed: track). My proposed course would be to start at LGHS, run to Alma
bridge and back, then Campbell park and back.
posted by Iron Dayle @ 9:41 AM
2 Comments:
Interesting strategy. The flaw I see in that is that there isn't a lot of individual small goals that add up to the larger one. What if you have a couple bad weeks and you actually start doing less miles at pace than the previous week? Does that discourage you and inhibit your advancement because of the emotional factor? (Never underestimate the power of running while happy
On the other foot, there is Paula Radcliff(sp?) who runs all her training runs at race pace and distance if I remember correctly. By that logic, you should be going out and running marathons every couple weeks :)
Yes, I think some non-progress weeks have to be factored in (without getting sad about it). If, as you suggest, it got to be a multi-week pattern, then I think it'd give me cause for reevaluation. I.e. is it a temporary slump or sth more serious like... over-training? exhaustion? torn meniscus? :( you know, the usual culprits... There are small little goals for each additional on-pace mile you advance! Yes, the final (big-sized) goal is to be able to run a marathon on demand, as often as desired.
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