Plans change
Recently, I pulled a hamstring avoiding a homicidal driver of a pickup truck who decided stop signs are optional and people in crosswalks want to die.
This week, I came down with a cold.
The past month has been rough.
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Evolve
A coach I follow and greatly respect says there’s a big difference between a coach with 20 years of experience and a coach with 1 year of experience repeated 20 times.
I believe this also applies to runners.
But what does it mean and why does it matter?
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Why and when I assign pace based workouts
Last week, I wrote about why I (generally) assign effort based workouts.
Notice what I did? I hedged because there are definitely cases when I do assign workouts based on pace. These are infrequent but they do happen.
When do I assign these workouts?
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Why I (generally) assign effort based workouts
I drive the runners I coach crazy at times. Why? Well, I’m sure there are many reasons but one of the big reasons is because I assign workouts by effort. I don’t make it easy for them, saying something like mile repeats at 7:00 or half mile repeats at 2:50. Instead, I say mile repeats at 10K effort or even something more vague like slightly faster/harder than half marathon effort.
Why do I do this? Believe it or not, I’m not just trying to be difficult.
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Monthly roundup: February 2018
This month, as usual, I read many interesting things. Among them, a topic near and dear to the hearts of northerners this time of the year as well as some insights from top marathoners and insight on what running will do to your strength. …