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November 07, 2005
I Need a Goal
My running has been extremely uneventful lately. Last week I posted an anemic 30 miles - with a long run of 10 miles. I am still struggling with my glutes, but it seems like I can get away with running anything less than 10 miles and I will still be able to run the next day. More than 10 miles and I need a rest day. Tomorrow I am FINALLY going to hunt down and speak with a personal trainer about a strength training program that will balance out my muscles and build my glutes and hamstrings (and well I am at it, I mise well go for some ripped arms - I have always wanted muscular arms, but I am not genetically predisposed to build muscle anywhere but in my legs).
I also need a goal. I travel back and forth between wanting a coach and a real schedule and not wanting a coach or a schedule. Part of me knows that I shrink away from a real coach because I am afraid of sharing my running with someone else and I am equally afraid of what that schedule might look like. I carry around a lot of self-doubts about my running. Can I really run a marathon at sub 6:50 pace someday? I think/know that deep down I can, but I have to work extremely hard to get there. I need to build my mileage and pay attention to other things like sleep, nutrition, stress - none of which I pay close attention to now.
I am still intrigued by the Hanson's marathon training program. I first learned about it from a Running Times article, and I recently read a heated debate about it on www.letsrun.com. They put less emphasis on the long run and more emphasis on the overall training (strength work, tempo runs, intervals, etc). Also, they look at the long run as a certain % of your weekly mileage - if you are running 60 miles/week, you would not run a 20 miler. I am up in the air on this, but my best marathon was run when I did one 20 miler with my older sister at 9 minute pace - everything else I did consisted of hard, quality miles. I honestly don't know what I think about the overall training philosophy, but I definitely want to give this plan a try for my next marathon (whenever that will be).
I ran 8 this morning just a shiver under 7:30 pace. My glutes are not disagreeing with the miles yet.
Posted by bridget at November 7, 2005 11:59 AM
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your glutes look fine to me.
Posted by: bjurk at November 10, 2005 10:29 PM
why won't it let me post!!!
Posted by: bjurk at November 10, 2005 10:32 PM
oh, there it is.
Posted by: bjurk at November 11, 2005 02:50 PM