Thanks a lot Andrew that is very informative.
np!!
FWIW it does add up to reality too for me already, my latest PR streak came after establishing the 'low HR run' which is shorter in mileage but longer in duration.
This approach would also help me catch the recommended percentage of my intense runs, now it is too high, around 25% to 33% of total, adding more easy stuff will bring it down.
for sure! it's the biggest trick in the run game.. go slow to go fast. it doesn't make sense until it smacks you in the face and you're like ....... wtf? going slow/ez works so insanely well at building the real engine. just need to throw speed/tempo in occasionally and you're good.
damn man you have a real talent for endurance running. what kind of mileage are you putting in for this?
thanks alot man! not much at all. last week like 30 mi?
farm life got me in crazy shape. i credit that alot, tbh. and now it's filtering into running. love it.
maybe this time i can eventually get under 17? tbh looking like it's more of a possibility than before... somehow.. never got to 18:40 this fast. not even close.
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Wow dude thats a crazy time considering your training style.
thanks man! and yea, it def is crazy.. i used to train so hard to get under 19. now i'm barely training and coming off like 2 year layoff.. and somehow i'm probably close to sub 18 shape right now (road not trail), after being back into it only 3 months and having covid for like 3 weeks. wtf?
Do you feel the high vol dips and stuff helped a lot? I imagine your upper body str endurance is pretty swell with that combined with the farm work.
actually yea. my upper feels very strong now. i def think it's helping.
Also i think since the farm work is functional movement patterns your body may have adapted in a way as to give you a really unique benefits in terms of like posture and breathing mechanics. Maybe stabilizer and synergist muscle function and stuff as well. I feel like thats just a really wild time for the type of training youve been doing. Super curious about the carryover from farm work to endurance running. But i suppose aerobic endurance training adaptions stick around the longest so you may have kept a lot of your functionality from high vol running days
most elite kenyans grew up and/or are currently farmers .. so i think there's something to it. i mean, it's just great exercise. can do it for many hours, just makes you feel great & strong. def think there is some serious carry over to any kind of fitness.
Damn i had this landscaping job i wanted to take a few months back but i kind of bailed and thinking back it may have impacted my training really positively if i had gone for it😑 at the very least in terms of spending less time sitting/laying down
haha ya. it probably would have helped. depends how intense it is tho i guess. i've done some intense farm stuff and i feel great from it, but could probably be much more intense if i was in construction etc.. and it was a daily job.
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