Mon Aug 17
AM 5 miles, 35min
PM off
Tue Aug 18
AM 5 miles, 34min
PM 12 miles, workout: 10x3min on, 2 min off on the road
Wed Aug 19
AM 5 miles, 34min
PM 10 miles, 64min
Thu Aug 20
AM 5 miles, 34min
PM 10 miles, 68min, treadmill
Fri Aug 21
PM 12 miles, workout: 2 sets of 4x1k at 3:01 average w/ 200m rest in 61sec, 800m rest between set in 3:49
Sat Aug 22
AM 13 miles, 1:32min, hot & humid, struggled, only solution was to slow down the pace
Sun Aug
PM 17miles, 1:56min, felt good, prob a little over 17, last mile uphil 5:41
=94 miles
This was another challenging week. The workout Tuesday was great. On the other hand, the 2x4x1ks on Friday didn't go so well. Lets just say I was simply "happy" to be able to hang in there mentally. Anyway, this week was a struggling one for me. I can't quite figure out why I am struggling with training so much (even though racing is not going too bad). I don't think I am overtraining since I am doing about 25miles less than last summer. I just think that If I can fix some problems, I will be able to race a whole lot better. In running there are all sorts of improvements that can be made. These are some hypothesis:
1.Lack of general rest: sleeping 7 hours is not enough
2.Working a full time compared to working notime last year
3.Biking on top of running because I have no car.
4.Poor nutrition: My eating habbits are not good when I dont know how to cook and/or have nobody to cook for me since I am living alone in Lowell.
5.No training partners: With my busy schedule, I am doing 90% of my runs alone and 100% of my workouts alone.
6.No recovery. No whey protein, no glutamine and none of that stuff.
With school starting soon, a lot will happen. Some of this things such as work,training partners,nutrition will fix themselves on their own once classes start. I am hoping I will be in much better form if they do.
AM 5 miles, 35min
PM off
Tue Aug 18
AM 5 miles, 34min
PM 12 miles, workout: 10x3min on, 2 min off on the road
Wed Aug 19
AM 5 miles, 34min
PM 10 miles, 64min
Thu Aug 20
AM 5 miles, 34min
PM 10 miles, 68min, treadmill
Fri Aug 21
PM 12 miles, workout: 2 sets of 4x1k at 3:01 average w/ 200m rest in 61sec, 800m rest between set in 3:49
Sat Aug 22
AM 13 miles, 1:32min, hot & humid, struggled, only solution was to slow down the pace
Sun Aug
PM 17miles, 1:56min, felt good, prob a little over 17, last mile uphil 5:41
=94 miles
This was another challenging week. The workout Tuesday was great. On the other hand, the 2x4x1ks on Friday didn't go so well. Lets just say I was simply "happy" to be able to hang in there mentally. Anyway, this week was a struggling one for me. I can't quite figure out why I am struggling with training so much (even though racing is not going too bad). I don't think I am overtraining since I am doing about 25miles less than last summer. I just think that If I can fix some problems, I will be able to race a whole lot better. In running there are all sorts of improvements that can be made. These are some hypothesis:
1.Lack of general rest: sleeping 7 hours is not enough
2.Working a full time compared to working notime last year
3.Biking on top of running because I have no car.
4.Poor nutrition: My eating habbits are not good when I dont know how to cook and/or have nobody to cook for me since I am living alone in Lowell.
5.No training partners: With my busy schedule, I am doing 90% of my runs alone and 100% of my workouts alone.
6.No recovery. No whey protein, no glutamine and none of that stuff.
With school starting soon, a lot will happen. Some of this things such as work,training partners,nutrition will fix themselves on their own once classes start. I am hoping I will be in much better form if they do.
Rube:
ReplyDeleteDon't overthink your training right now. You're training great and racing fantastic; trust in the work. I think some of your observations about factors that affect training were valid. Working fulltime VS not working at all is very critical. Even though you may have an office job and may not being working "physically" per se, it does hamper training and the body's overall ability to simply recover faster. Why do you think the Kenyans lay still all day long between training sessions? You also have to factor in the weather (I don't think you mentioned weather at all in your evaluation). Training in hot/humid weather (very atypical of New England) has an even more detrimental affect on training, especially when the summer started off so cool/wet for so many weeks. Consider the weather. For instance, the coolest weather I've run in this summer was this morning. It was 72 degrees with a 70 degree dewpoint reading. That may not sound tough, but after months and months of this kind of weather (especially the high dewpoints), that actually felt "cool" to me. My pace was about 25-30 seconds per mile faster than I've been running for the same distance this summer in 85-93 degree temps with 74 dewpoint readings. After it cools back down in New England and you begin training with the boys at UML again, along with having some regular food via the cafeteria (not the best, but definitely could be worse) food, you'll begin to feel AWESOME in training again. Word of caution, however: just because you feel better doesn't mean you should hammer harder. Consistency, consistency, consistency is the mantra. Even when you feel like crap out there and wonder why you're doing what you're doing remember this: RUSH. Run Until Something Happens. You're an endurance athlete. Believe in yourself and know that will every passing mile (slow and fast) you're getting stronger (aerobically and anaerobically) and the body is becoming more efficient. I look forward to you repping Cape Verde at the next WC. Put your country on the global map.
Eric