So I'm a little tight this morning after the race yesterday. Not like "I need a message" sore but sore like "I need to relax". My mind is racing about where I need to take my training. I've got two good weeks of hard training before the week of the Striders Half and I've got a lot to do before then. I'd like to keep the miles up over 100 but also really try to hammer some tempo runs and work on that threshold speed. My last 6 weeks of training I've avg 110 miles a week and I feel that I've got a good solid base. Now instead of trying to just pile on the miles I'll do two or three speed workouts each week. So like I said I still want to be at 100 mpw or just over but I won't be aiming for 120's or something. My lack of threshold work has in a sense crippled me at both Del Sol and yesterday at the Spectrum. I hate the feeling of not being able to push any harder. On races where I have really felt good about my performance I've always just ran smooth and never tried to force things. But the last two races I've been forcing the turnover and in a way felt "flappy" or sloppy so to speak. Anyways I'm just venting about what needs to happen. It's just hard for me to push out those harder tempo workouts. But the time has come.
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