Easy loop from Steiner to the old 'hood where I grew up for a nice trip down memory lane. Swam 500m.
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From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 14:44:42
Chad - I had a brief look at your training this year. What stood out to me is that your highest mileage in a month was 272, and that month stood out. There were a couple of lows from the injuries. In spite of that, you still have been running some very good times. I suspect to a great extent this is due to the fact that what you've been running this year is more than what you've run before.
However, the thought I had from that perspective is that you could have a major breakthrough on all distances from 5 K to the marathon if you figured out a way to run 300+ miles a month without getting injured. Ask your body if eliminating speed work for a few months would significantly reduce the probability of being injured if you were to run that many miles. Do not worry about losing speed. A distance-inclined runner can regain whatever speed he lost in 3 weeks of sharpening or so. In some extreme cases (me), there is a way to come back with more speed with no specific sharpening. My explanation is that the slow twitch fibers get so strong, and the fast twitch are so few and in-between, that whatever power the fast twitch lost is being compensated by the slow twitch even in an all out sprint.
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