hm... I think this technique I talked about above, is pretty legit.
When I woke up today, I didn't even feel like training, was going to rest. But, I wanted to experiment so badly that I trained anyway..
I tried it for ~0.5 mi to 1 mi (so 0.5 mi total). My mile time wasn't as impressive as I wanted it to be for the experiment, 6:12 min/mi.. however.. a few things:
- I didn't perform it 100% the way I should have, ie, I didn't focus as much as I should have on a stiffer leg/hip.. I did, but not enough. On the run home, I realized I didn't do it the way I should have.
- I was running ~9 mph from 0 to 0.5 mi
- I turned the experimental style on at ~0.5 mi
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I hit 12.3 mph at ~0.75 mi- I stayed above 10 mph for the entire time I was experimenting
- After I stopped the experiment, I ran pretty slow
- I couldn't even hit 10' from L-SLRVJ .. legs toast
- Hamstrings / calves have been sore all day
- Completely drenched when I got to the court .. so pretty hot/humid out
- On the way home, even though I was running really slow, every time I turned on the "experimental style" I went over 9 mph (from 9 mph to exactly 10 mph)
- I hit 10 mph when I tried to stride the "6 foot steps"
obviously their could be some bias going on.. we always look to confirm our ideas.. but, I think the 12.3 mph stat is pretty important.. legs being so dead, yet hitting 12.3 mph, doesn't really happen with me. For me to hit 12mph+ I usually have to be "forefoot sprinting".
i dno.. i'm optimistic about it.
