Time to get serious about training. 90 days to go is my starting point for speed training. This is the dangerous part of the training where the injuries happen and you can inflict some real pain on your body--but losing sucks. I have my weight down to 195 and feel pretty good about that weight. I think it will go down a little farther as the speed trainig picks up.
Earlier this week I ran on a treadmill and fought the thing to get a comfortable pace. I have out grown the threadmill work and I am really ready for the outside stuff. I will be moving from 800 and 1000 meter controlled runs on the treadmill to the chaos on the track brings.
So I will be switching to 50 and 100 meter grass runs in bare feet if possible and some down hill runs to stretch the stride a little. I have agreat place at a park a couple miles from my house. On track work will be 200 and 400 meters at 70 and 85 percent of my target speeds. I want to run 27 flat in 200 and 59 in the 400 meters. These are some brisk work out speeds and we will see how I hold up. I may only be able to do a few until we get some really hot weather and I can get really loose. I do need additional weight work for the lower body and core, it seems to help out in the long run. I will try to run hard 3 days per week and see how well I sustain the work.
My core has held up well over the winter and I think cutting out a lot of brush has been the best exercise program I have had in years. If you bend over and pick up stuff 500 times a day, the core gets some real work!
So, getting to the track is gonna be a priority. Time to go, wish me luck.
Earlier this week I ran on a treadmill and fought the thing to get a comfortable pace. I have out grown the threadmill work and I am really ready for the outside stuff. I will be moving from 800 and 1000 meter controlled runs on the treadmill to the chaos on the track brings.
So I will be switching to 50 and 100 meter grass runs in bare feet if possible and some down hill runs to stretch the stride a little. I have agreat place at a park a couple miles from my house. On track work will be 200 and 400 meters at 70 and 85 percent of my target speeds. I want to run 27 flat in 200 and 59 in the 400 meters. These are some brisk work out speeds and we will see how I hold up. I may only be able to do a few until we get some really hot weather and I can get really loose. I do need additional weight work for the lower body and core, it seems to help out in the long run. I will try to run hard 3 days per week and see how well I sustain the work.
My core has held up well over the winter and I think cutting out a lot of brush has been the best exercise program I have had in years. If you bend over and pick up stuff 500 times a day, the core gets some real work!
So, getting to the track is gonna be a priority. Time to go, wish me luck.
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