During this morning’s run I came up my version of the “chicken and the egg” dilemma. I was thinking about a guy I just interviewed. He likes to do 3 x 3 miles at just faster than marathon. That’s similar to this workout I did before Chicago, although I ran a little slower than goal marathon pace.
At the time I ran that workout, my goal was 6:40 pace. However, my average for the first 3 repeats was 6:51 pace. My pace at Chicago was 6:50 pace. The question then becomes did I race as I trained or did I train (and race) at the shape I was in? I don’t have an answer, but it made me think back to my Type-A post again.
I don’t know if it’s becoming more Type-A, changing my training, staying healthy or something else. But I don’t think there’s any denying that something has to change if I’m really serious about trying to run 2:55 or faster.
This morning I ran and easy 7 miles, backing off the pace to 8:25.
Quote of the day;
“The way we perform is the result of the way we see ourselves. To alter our performance we need to alter or change ourselves and it is that changing that’s difficult.” – Gary Elliot, Allison Roe’s coach and co-author of Every Runner’s Companion
love the quote of the day....and it ties in nicely with your post.....
ReplyDeleteIt'll be interesting to see what you do to make the change.
ReplyDeleteI looked at the workout you linked to and thought the HR was high. I read the comments and wonder if you thought maybe you ought to check your HR again, as in something more recent than a few years ago. From what I see the max HR goes down with age.