23-03-2010, 10:56 PM
Hi theED,
Hard to say if the time off did me any good. I came back to running with my fist few runs leaving me a bit worse for wear. The ITB and glutes have pulled up a bit sore after a few easy runs. Probably a sign that the body needs to get used to pounding the ground once again. Looking back at the summer, I can come away feeling reasonably good about my performances especially over the longer 5 and 10km distances. I ran good PB's for both, but the best achievement was that I was able to stay with a plan till the end.
I now feel like the fire in the belly has been reignited again and I really want to be running on the track again. I still believe that there is room for improvement for 400 and 800m. This will be the focus for the moment and building up to speed and fitness with about 3 weeks of high aerobic running will be a good start. Following this, it will be back to the track.
I really only have two aims for the winter season:
1. Stick to the plan
2. Improve times over 400-1500m as much as possible.
I really do not want to set any time goals because doing so will just result in massive dissapointment if they are not reached by the deadline. If I can stick to a solid plan, then that should result in some sort of improvement.
Thanks for your feedback, and any advice relating to improving my middle distance times will be taken on board. I do hope to return to running 5 and 10k's in the long term, but for now I think I would enjoy some faster running.
Thanks,
Dale
Hard to say if the time off did me any good. I came back to running with my fist few runs leaving me a bit worse for wear. The ITB and glutes have pulled up a bit sore after a few easy runs. Probably a sign that the body needs to get used to pounding the ground once again. Looking back at the summer, I can come away feeling reasonably good about my performances especially over the longer 5 and 10km distances. I ran good PB's for both, but the best achievement was that I was able to stay with a plan till the end.
I now feel like the fire in the belly has been reignited again and I really want to be running on the track again. I still believe that there is room for improvement for 400 and 800m. This will be the focus for the moment and building up to speed and fitness with about 3 weeks of high aerobic running will be a good start. Following this, it will be back to the track.
I really only have two aims for the winter season:
1. Stick to the plan
2. Improve times over 400-1500m as much as possible.
I really do not want to set any time goals because doing so will just result in massive dissapointment if they are not reached by the deadline. If I can stick to a solid plan, then that should result in some sort of improvement.
Thanks for your feedback, and any advice relating to improving my middle distance times will be taken on board. I do hope to return to running 5 and 10k's in the long term, but for now I think I would enjoy some faster running.
Thanks,
Dale