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| # Posted 2006-12-14 14:09:53 | |
| TheInvisibleLog: | Your regular complaints about 30 minute warm ups give me hope. |
| # Posted 2006-12-15 05:13:00 | |
| blairtrewin: | Actually, it wasn't creaking bones and muscles (at least not after the first 5 minutes) - I just felt weak for the first 6k or so. Was quite surprised to snap out of it - normally if I start like that it's a struggle most of the way.
The Thursday long run is usually a pretty tough one. Partly that's because I'm doing two hard days back to back (and two hard runs about 12 hours apart), something I do on purpose because a weakness I've had in the last couple of years is that I often haven't been able to put together two days on a weekend (I ran poorly on both Sundays of the WA carnival, for example). Lack of sleep is usually an issue too. |
| # Posted 2006-12-15 11:32:54 | |
| robw: | Could be more relevent to knock out two faster sessions back to back? Its a bit different to do a fast session and then a long session even if it is a tough training combo. |
| # Posted 2006-12-15 13:22:35 | |
| candyman: | Yeah I have found it can really help to do a couple of really good tough sessions back to back. There is no way I would do that all year though just during short periods when i am concentrating on doing really good hard quality training. I think it can be really good to make the second session an orienteering race or simulated orienteering race type session when it gets closer to the competition season - that way you are practicing racing well after doing a hard session the day before. |
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