All things training. Mostly advice and tips but maybe questions, general comments, or who knows what else.
The “double threshold” workout is taking over the world! From Jakob Ingebrigtsen to all kinds of runners in Flagstaff, they are being applied with a lot of success.
As always happens, with success comes emulation. Other pros and collegiate runners have already picked up on these workouts and they are filtering down through to high school and amateur adult runners.
Is this a good idea, though?
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I recently wrote about my experiences with my new Garmin. My summary of this watch would be wow, it’s amazing how much data a little device on your wrist can give you in real time.
This, though, can be a double edged sword.
With so much data available, whether with the watch I have or one of a multitude of similar devices, how do you use it?
It’s summer vacation time! In fact, very soon, I’ll be heading out for some family time on the beach.
But I’m also doing a summer racing season so I don’t have to deal with trying to balance my own racing with my daughter’s racing.
So what should I do?
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I see so many people worrying about that last 1% it takes to be great. Those little things that will make the difference of seconds. I’m not a fan.
Why not? Why not squeeze out every second you can get? What if you come up 3 seconds short of your goal and that extra 1% would have been worth 5 seconds?
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Often, runners see a new idea or think over their training and discover that something is missing. They then want to add it to their training. I recently mentioned avoiding getting caught up in the hype of “Instagram workouts” but what I’m thinking of is something more basic and often not a bad idea.
However, we need to be careful when adding new things.
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