Comments on: Training Once Again http://runningquest.net/2009/09/28/training-once-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=training-once-again It's the journey, and the destination. Fri, 11 May 2012 01:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: AQhttp://runningquest.net/2009/09/28/training-once-again/comment-page-1/#comment-208 AQ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:14:36 +0000 http://www.runningquest.net/2009/09/28/training-once-again/#comment-208 Nice to see you actually working on plans for a race instead of surgery, etc! I don't have as clear an understanding about starting from zero as others might, but if it were me, I would probably put the race not as a goal race, but rather as a training race. That might sound like splitting hairs. But when you have a goal race, you try to make your fitness peak right at the time of the race, which entails a taper as you approach race day. It would be pretty hard for you to build up enough fitness to make tapering make sense in the short time you have. You definitely could build up enough endurance to cover the distance over the course of your training, though, and then the race would be really beneficial as part of a larger training plan. Training races push you to run as fast as you can for a long period of time--something that you don't usually do in training and that is very useful once in a while. Nice to see you actually working on plans for a race instead of surgery, etc!

I don’t have as clear an understanding about starting from zero as others might, but if it were me, I would probably put the race not as a goal race, but rather as a training race. That might sound like splitting hairs. But when you have a goal race, you try to make your fitness peak right at the time of the race, which entails a taper as you approach race day. It would be pretty hard for you to build up enough fitness to make tapering make sense in the short time you have. You definitely could build up enough endurance to cover the distance over the course of your training, though, and then the race would be really beneficial as part of a larger training plan. Training races push you to run as fast as you can for a long period of time–something that you don’t usually do in training and that is very useful once in a while.

]]> By: AQhttp://runningquest.net/2009/09/28/training-once-again/comment-page-1/#comment-935 AQ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:14:00 +0000 http://www.runningquest.net/2009/09/28/training-once-again/#comment-935 Nice to see you actually working on plans for a race instead of surgery, etc! I don't have as clear an understanding about starting from zero as others might, but if it were me, I would probably put the race not as a goal race, but rather as a training race. That might sound like splitting hairs. But when you have a goal race, you try to make your fitness peak right at the time of the race, which entails a taper as you approach race day. It would be pretty hard for you to build up enough fitness to make tapering make sense in the short time you have. You definitely could build up enough endurance to cover the distance over the course of your training, though, and then the race would be really beneficial as part of a larger training plan. Training races push you to run as fast as you can for a long period of time--something that you don't usually do in training and that is very useful once in a while. Nice to see you actually working on plans for a race instead of surgery, etc!

I don’t have as clear an understanding about starting from zero as others might, but if it were me, I would probably put the race not as a goal race, but rather as a training race. That might sound like splitting hairs. But when you have a goal race, you try to make your fitness peak right at the time of the race, which entails a taper as you approach race day. It would be pretty hard for you to build up enough fitness to make tapering make sense in the short time you have. You definitely could build up enough endurance to cover the distance over the course of your training, though, and then the race would be really beneficial as part of a larger training plan. Training races push you to run as fast as you can for a long period of time–something that you don’t usually do in training and that is very useful once in a while.

]]> By: Mikehttp://runningquest.net/2009/09/28/training-once-again/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Mike Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:01:02 +0000 http://www.runningquest.net/2009/09/28/training-once-again/#comment-207 I went through the same thing as you 13 years ago. A bulging disc hit the sciatic nerve, causing permanent leg damage, which I still have today. But, the good news is, I've been running ever since! I have a slight unevenness in my legs, and I'm not able to go as fast any more, but I'm still out there running sub 8-minute miles. My first race, a 10k was 8 months after the surgery. Set your training strategy for the race, but still play it day by day, depending on how you feel. Reserve the right to change course if necessary. Remember, you're in this for the long haul. Mike I went through the same thing as you 13 years ago. A bulging disc hit the sciatic nerve, causing permanent leg damage, which I still have today. But, the good news is, I’ve been running ever since! I have a slight unevenness in my legs, and I’m not able to go as fast any more, but I’m still out there running sub 8-minute miles.

My first race, a 10k was 8 months after the surgery. Set your training strategy for the race, but still play it day by day, depending on how you feel. Reserve the right to change course if necessary. Remember, you’re in this for the long haul.

Mike

]]> By: Mikehttp://runningquest.net/2009/09/28/training-once-again/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Mike Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:01:00 +0000 http://www.runningquest.net/2009/09/28/training-once-again/#comment-934 I went through the same thing as you 13 years ago. A bulging disc hit the sciatic nerve, causing permanent leg damage, which I still have today. But, the good news is, I've been running ever since! I have a slight unevenness in my legs, and I'm not able to go as fast any more, but I'm still out there running sub 8-minute miles. My first race, a 10k was 8 months after the surgery. Set your training strategy for the race, but still play it day by day, depending on how you feel. Reserve the right to change course if necessary. Remember, you're in this for the long haul. Mike I went through the same thing as you 13 years ago. A bulging disc hit the sciatic nerve, causing permanent leg damage, which I still have today. But, the good news is, I’ve been running ever since! I have a slight unevenness in my legs, and I’m not able to go as fast any more, but I’m still out there running sub 8-minute miles.

My first race, a 10k was 8 months after the surgery. Set your training strategy for the race, but still play it day by day, depending on how you feel. Reserve the right to change course if necessary. Remember, you’re in this for the long haul.

Mike

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