in Personal by coach mike on 22 Dec 2007
Right now its between, between cross and track. Time on my mind, too much time. But a runner gets very little break. A good runner that is takes very little time off, maybe 2 weeks and then its time to get back with it. This time of the year, weather permitting, is good for base, building base. To get faster, you need base miles, not real fast miles, but good solid miles. Some lines of thinking, don’t even want you to worry about miles, run minutes. I like that approach. For example: Jordan and Tyler aren’t going to run 5 miles in the same time. Tyler may take 35 minutes while Jordan 30 minutes. Since we are trying to build an aerobic base, we need time more than distance. So let Jordan and Tyler both run 35 minutes and see what they can do. Of course if they run together you get the same results. That why sometimes you just need that run on your own. Distance runners are lonely sorts, if they want to be good, better, best, they have to hit the road and put in their time. So get out there and hit the roads, run lots of minutes, get ready for that 2 mile and 1 mile race in track. You do the time or miles and then we will bust your butts on the track to get that needed speed. Happy Holidays! What the heck Merry Christmas!