Running Around 7-28-08

I'm pleased to announce that Tuesday track workouts will soon have an alternate location! Starting August 12, Farragut High School track will become an official site for KTC track workouts. I will continue to provide the training schedule for both locations, and Bobby Holcombe will serve as the facilitator at the Farragut site. While I'd like to have everyone workout out together at Tom Black Track, I realize that things like work schedules, family commitments, and the cost of gas make it difficult for many people to workout at UT. Hopefully this will allow us to grow the participation and provide more opportunities to improve your fitness and benefit from the support of working out as a group.

For those of you new to the list, we are currently in summer base training mode. That means we are not doing any hard workouts - just building a mileage base. However, in a few short weeks, we will be ramping up the intensity with some off-track progression runs and hill workouts.

It also means that this is a great time to jump on the track workout bandwagon because we haven't the formal part of fall training phase yet.

The benefits of a pure base phase are many, but most importantly, it allows you to build mileage (a training stress) without the added training stress of intense workouts. Less stress means less you are less likely to get injured while improving your overall mileage base. It should leave you sharper mentally as well since the intensity is low, and you'll be ready to really focus when we start workouts.

If you want to do some track work during this time, follow the summer workout series posted at the link in item 1b, below.

Now for the workout summary:

1a. Road run 5-10 miles.
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1b. See the summer track series of workouts at: http://trackworkouts.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-track-workout-progression.html

2. Striders TWO times this week. 4-6 x 100m


Use a recent race to get your training paces here:
http://www.panix.com/%7Eelflord/vdot.html
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http://www.runningforfitness.org/calc/rp.php

Running Around 7-20-08

You can probably guess the plan for this week .... base training. Yay! By this point, I'm sure some of you are getting bored with no track work, but stick with it. We'll be re-introducing some off-track speed work in a few weeks with progression runs. Meanwhile, stay the course, and you'll be fresher mentally and physically when the hard work starts this fall.

If you want to do some track work during this time, follow the summer workout series posted at the link in item 1b, below.

Now for the workout summary:

1a. Road run 5-10 miles.
-or-
1b. See the summer track series of workouts at: http://trackworkouts.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-track-workout-progression.html

2. Striders TWO times this week. 4-6 x 100m


Use a recent race to get your training paces here:
http://www.panix.com/%7Eelflord/vdot.html
-or-
http://www.runningforfitness.org/calc/rp.php

Running Around 7-13-08

Let's continue putting mileage in the bank with base training this week. If you want to do some track work during this time, follow the summer workout series posted at the link in item 1b, below.

Now for the workout summary:

1a. Road run 5-10 miles.
-or-
1b. See the summer track series of workouts at: http://trackworkouts.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-track-workout-progression.html

2. Striders TWO times this week. 4-6 x 100m


Use a recent race to get your training paces here:
http://www.panix.com/%7Eelflord/vdot.html
-or-
http://www.runningforfitness.org/calc/rp.php

Running Around 7-7-08

More base training this week. If you want to do some track work during this time, follow the summer workout series posted at the link in item 1b, below.

Now for the workout summary:

1a. Road run 5-10 miles.
-or-
1b. See the summer track series of workouts at: http://trackworkouts.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-track-workout-progression.html

2. Striders TWO times this week. 4-6 x 100m


Use a recent race to get your training paces here:
http://www.panix.com/%7Eelflord/vdot.html
-or-
http://www.runningforfitness.org/calc/rp.php