tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796785757974247915.post988861897933897441..comments2023-04-27T02:45:46.766-05:00Comments on Run. Race. Repeat.: Odds and EndsSteveQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796785757974247915.post-81740302769849553292014-08-16T11:03:29.615-05:002014-08-16T11:03:29.615-05:00Hi,
After 2 years of injuries (Achilles with hagl...Hi, <br />After 2 years of injuries (Achilles with haglung) and trying to recover I manage to SLOWLY improve and increased my mileage from 12miles/week to now 45miles/week in one year(September 2013 to now) which represent about 2% increase per week. I had no rules except to run every day a set amount of miles without too much pain and keeping a 175-190step/min, using minimalist shoes. I increased the set mileage only when the pain is not too much.<br /><br />I not saying that this will work with you but It worked very well with me. <br /><br />After three years of misery I'm finally doing a half marathon race in september, I'm very happy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974056612404130864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796785757974247915.post-65977108224805659242014-08-15T16:04:10.881-05:002014-08-15T16:04:10.881-05:00Go to bed knowing your going to grind out an hour ...Go to bed knowing your going to grind out an hour run in the AM. Run 1.5 Wednesday and 2.0 Sunday before Sunday School. Race on Saturday or do something with a little ass in it. When tired take a day off...two if necessary. Repeat for decades.Doublehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499652315955698205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796785757974247915.post-74021168741594400192014-08-15T09:06:30.256-05:002014-08-15T09:06:30.256-05:00If anything, you're relatable, Steve! As the d...If anything, you're relatable, Steve! As the date for Superior 50 looms ahead, I wonder what the hell I was thinking. I'll suffer through it, to be sure, but if there's one thing I've recognized is that because of that suffering, I would like it completed sooner than later.<br /><br />I joked with you on my birthday that I should have you coach me, but the truth of the matter is that I'm not sure I could keep you happy. :) Most of the "organized" training runs we do as a community are the the "shout-out" type. "I'm running Afton tomorrow morning at 6:30! Others welcome." We don't ever talk about training, race strategy, etc.<br /><br />Would you be interested in a <a href="http://www.meetup.com/" rel="nofollow">Meetup</a> group, where the topic of conversation is self-coached training? Some place and time that we can share ideas, exchange tips, and bullshit about things? Not an organized run, but rather an excuse to drink beer and pull out training notebooks?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16406960621360992793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796785757974247915.post-89318173240173243582014-08-05T21:01:03.743-05:002014-08-05T21:01:03.743-05:00Glad to see that you are able to consistently run ...Glad to see that you are able to consistently run again, no matter how "slow" it may seem.<br /><br />Off to reread those training guidelines and analyze where I currently am and how I have been mucking it all up this year.wildknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07512372230592596889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796785757974247915.post-85347161714488962722014-08-05T13:41:50.250-05:002014-08-05T13:41:50.250-05:00I'm self-coached too and sometimes second gues...I'm self-coached too and sometimes second guess myself, often incorporating rules just like yours. Wishing you luck on your comeback, it sounds like a solid plan to me :)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212228308225991239noreply@blogger.com