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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 05, 2017, 01:43:35 am »
btw.. as you can tell from my last few workouts, i'm tired of doing "intervals" and stuff like that.
I want to get back to my "hang on" theories and such .. picking paces, trying to hang on to them for as long as possible. Including variations of that, oscillating paces, drop-set style paces, etc. But the central idea being "keep going until you can't maintain that pace anymore" (within an acceptable range, ie +5s).
I just feel like I quit "too easy" lately. Everyone does intervals, and I feel they improve fitness, but mentally, I think they are a problem for me.. ie, I can hit a solid 4 x 400m with 100m jog rest, but then I worry about running a mile full out.. That is a major problem.
So, no more intervals for me for a while.. Going to do what i've been doing the last few sessions and "pick paces" and hold them for as long as possible.
ie, if I want to hit a mile comfortably, I could pick 5:2X pace, but, I need to keep it going if i'm able, so it's no longer a "mile" effort.. it's simply a 5:2X pace effort and see how long I can hold it. It could become a 1.5 mile effort, or even 2 mile, who knows, but the idea will be to find out. In the same sense, I can pick crazy fast paces, and see how long I can hold those (4:3X etc). Or I can mix things up like I did today.
anyway .. just need to unlearn how to quit.
ok i'm up way too late.
gn!
I want to get back to my "hang on" theories and such .. picking paces, trying to hang on to them for as long as possible. Including variations of that, oscillating paces, drop-set style paces, etc. But the central idea being "keep going until you can't maintain that pace anymore" (within an acceptable range, ie +5s).
I just feel like I quit "too easy" lately. Everyone does intervals, and I feel they improve fitness, but mentally, I think they are a problem for me.. ie, I can hit a solid 4 x 400m with 100m jog rest, but then I worry about running a mile full out.. That is a major problem.
So, no more intervals for me for a while.. Going to do what i've been doing the last few sessions and "pick paces" and hold them for as long as possible.
ie, if I want to hit a mile comfortably, I could pick 5:2X pace, but, I need to keep it going if i'm able, so it's no longer a "mile" effort.. it's simply a 5:2X pace effort and see how long I can hold it. It could become a 1.5 mile effort, or even 2 mile, who knows, but the idea will be to find out. In the same sense, I can pick crazy fast paces, and see how long I can hold those (4:3X etc). Or I can mix things up like I did today.
anyway .. just need to unlearn how to quit.
ok i'm up way too late.
gn!