Running Around 12-8-08

We're in the middle of winter base training, so we'll be on the roads again this week. Remember that this is a great time to build your mileage. With no workouts and fewer races, your body is less stressed and better able to handle an increased workload of pure base mileage.

Here are some recommendations I put together for ways to improve your running during base training ...
http://trackworkouts.blogspot.com/2008/06/running-frequency-progression.html

If you're a track junkie, here is something to keep you busy while we're on the roads ...
http://trackworkouts.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-track-workout-progression.html


Also, I received the following Mike Wortley. If you are interested in participating, you can contact him via email at mwortley@utk.edu

I'm looking for people who are interested in being participants in a research study on ankle braces, and I was wondering if you could help me get the word out. Specifically, I'm looking for
-males and females ages 18-40,
-no history of major lower extremity injury (i.e. broken bones or ligament reconstruction surgeries)
-if they have chronic ankle instability (several ankle sprains in the past year, plus a feeling of weakness or instability in an ankle) that's a bonus, but it isn't strictly necessary.

UT is paying participants in this study $35 dollars, and the total time commitment is about 3.5 hours split into two sessions. If you could forward this on to some runners, or announce it at a group run I'd really appreciate it.

Week 2 of Winter base training. Now for the workout summary:

1. Easy road run 5-10 miles followed by striders on the track 2-4x 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