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Lydiard Method, modified
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| Wednesday, 08 July 2009 - Written by mjstone05
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| Gonna try the Lydiard method, only modified a little bit. I'm going to run 100 miles a week for 2 weeks, then Hills & Track work for 1 week, then back to 100's for my MCM prep. Instead of doing one run a day while pulling 100's I'm also going to split it into 2, like a 8 in the morning and 7 at night, or whatever- so long as I hit 15 a day for 6 days and one day of 10, probably that'll be Sunday for a break. My Hill week will probably be 1 day of hills, next day track work, next day hills, and so on. I'm running a 5k this Saturday for a pace base, then I'll run another one after 4 weeks of this method. If I show a drastic improvement w/o injury, well I may be on to something. I've only been doing it for 3 days now and I think I already dropped a pound or two- I'm not even heavy! I really love distance running at a moderate pace, I don't mind a lot of hill work, and I hate track work, so this plan sounds pretty good to me. I've already got a base of about 65 per week, so this isn't that big of a jump, especially since I'm splitting them up into doubles. My other reason for doing doubles is that I live in Florida and I just don't think it's physically possible for me to stay hydrated and lucid running for 15 miles flat out every day- far easier split into doubles. If anyone has any advice or anything to add, leave a comment! The only think I was maybe thinking of doing differently was instead of doing 2/1 was maybe doing 3/1, but I don't know what will ultimately be better. I'm a huge fan of high mileage, but I do want speed also, so I just don't know until I try. |
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