Comments on: DailyMile Running Updates: September 7 – 13, 2009 http://www.trail-running-blog.com/running/dailymile-running-updates-september-7-13-2009/ Running every day to get healthy, stay fit and enjoy the outdoors.. Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:20:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lindsay http://www.trail-running-blog.com/running/dailymile-running-updates-september-7-13-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2161 lindsay Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:10:16 +0000 http://www.trail-running-blog.com/?p=486#comment-2161 ...oh and i definitely don't mean to sound rude or condescending so hope i didn't come across that way. just my thoughts. like i said, solid week of running and pushing the pace! just want to make sure you are pushing the right paces at the right times for full benefits. …oh and i definitely don’t mean to sound rude or condescending so hope i didn’t come across that way. just my thoughts. like i said, solid week of running and pushing the pace! just want to make sure you are pushing the right paces at the right times for full benefits.

]]> By: lindsay http://www.trail-running-blog.com/running/dailymile-running-updates-september-7-13-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2160 lindsay Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:08:46 +0000 http://www.trail-running-blog.com/?p=486#comment-2160 great workouts - you really seem to be pushing it! the only thing i would look into would be your goal paces... you aim for 6:40 mile repeats, yet run that (or faster) in a tempo run? intervals/speed work should be at a faster pace than tempo run. i have never heard of anyone recording each 100m split - i would definitely lose count of my laps if i tried to do that :) make sure you keep the easy miles easy. you'll run the risk of burning/tiring yourself out long before race day. plus then you can save up a little more energy to really bust out your tempo/interval workouts. two places you can get goal paces for workouts (just enter a previous race time, probably your 10k since you are training for a half): http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm http://runbayou.com/jackd.htm great workouts – you really seem to be pushing it! the only thing i would look into would be your goal paces… you aim for 6:40 mile repeats, yet run that (or faster) in a tempo run? intervals/speed work should be at a faster pace than tempo run. i have never heard of anyone recording each 100m split – i would definitely lose count of my laps if i tried to do that :) make sure you keep the easy miles easy. you’ll run the risk of burning/tiring yourself out long before race day. plus then you can save up a little more energy to really bust out your tempo/interval workouts.

two places you can get goal paces for workouts (just enter a previous race time, probably your 10k since you are training for a half):
http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm
http://runbayou.com/jackd.htm

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