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imtricat
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 Posted - June 10 2008 : 11:01:44
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I am a slow plodding occasional marathoner and have done some short ultras years ago. I have never been fast, but recently realized that I have spent years training myself to be slow. When I started running longer distances I slowed down because I was too chicken to try to keep my pace up and then suffer the consequences. I just wanted to finish a race comfortably. Now, my question. Would it benefit me to start some speed training? My goal for this year is to finsh a trail marathon or 50k trail run with a 10 minute mile pace or even slower.Thanks.
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Ryan
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lkizz
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Posted - June 10 2008 : 14:03:59
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Yes, it would benefit you, in at least 2 ways - it helps your form and your cardio. Also you don't need a track as we learned from IBMDs "time not distance method" ... which means using perceived effort over a period of time. So you could do this on the trail. For the next 2 minutes I will run at a 5k effort level, then 'jog' for 2 minutes. Repeat. Simple. Work up the number of reps as needed.
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imtricat
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Posted - June 10 2008 : 16:06:37
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Thanks Lloyd. One of the reasons I asked is that since I moved here last year I have found hard to get to a good trail. At $4.oo a gallon I can't afford to go to Hunter's Creek 3x a week. I have a track 300 yds from home and have had some fun running 400 and 800's lately. I may go to run with Checkers tonight.
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JF
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Posted - June 11 2008 : 08:04:06
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I don't think you could go wrong getting to the track and running some 400s. Run one at a good, crisp pace, then run one slow as a recovery. If you ran four at a "crisp pace", and four at "recovery pace", you'd have 2 miles of speed work in you.
Any time you can get some tunover in the legs is good for you. Some may disagree, but there are two truths about trackwork.
1) "The track is my friend."
2) "The track does not lie."
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