AM - 10.2 miles, JAJA run!
PM -10 miles. Short workout to bridge the gap between the Tuesday tempo and this Saturday's long run - 5K Tempo + 4 x 400m. Splits were 16:22 for 5K (5:16, 5:16, 5:13, 37), then 70, 69, 68, 67 for the quarters. Last month's Running Times had a nice article about "citizen runners"... guys working full time who are still at the upper echelon of the sport. There was even a little sidebar that mentioned Paul as one of the very few USA guys who had qualified for the trials while working a full time job. The main article, though, was about Yuki Kawauchi. Its filled with awesome quotes...
If you train two or three times a day and have free time between runs then you just waste it playing video games... people can't survive just doing one thing all the time, so I think it's important to have a balance between hard work and hard running.
I think common sense and true enjoyment are what's needed. Back when people didn't have as much money they thought about their training and worked hard to get better. At some point technology became more important and they started relying more on scientific training and things like supplements and taping, and maybe they forgot what the important things are.
...I'm old-school. I run, I work hard, and I like it. I read up, thought about what I needed to do, and found what works for me. There's no reason Americans can't do the same thing. It's worthwhile spending money on things that will help your training, but spending money itself isn't going to make you better.
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