I TRAIN HEAPS - BUT 0 IMprovent:S

Look not at the training you did today or yesterday or last month. Look at the training you did 3 months ago, 6 months ago, 12 months ago.

Racing fitness is the result of the cummulative effect of the training over the course of a lifetime. A lot of times we think we are training hard when we really are not.

Look back at your training from February until now. Did you take time off? How did you build up your mileage?

One week or one month of training doesn't mean jack.

Alan

10km long runs? Don't work too hard

Yes thats at the moment my coach said we'll build up to 16- 20km

correct training protocol wrote:

10km long runs? Don't work too hard

Don't forget he's training for the 800m.

I wouldn't worry too much about the results of one race, you'll have some ups and downs regardless of how good yourt fitness is. Personally I think you might be overtraining a bit. I wouldn't run more than once a day 6 days a week if I were in your situation. Keep the gym sessions, they will help. Run no more than 2 interval workouts a week and make the rest of your runs easy. You have to give your body time to recover from and absorb the hard training, and you need to make sure you're fresh for your races. Back off a little and see how it goes.

first 200 in 31 ... then 67 for 400m then died ....

no, you died after 200m.

maybe chess would be more appropriate for you.

It's about quality, not quantity; sort of like your grammar and spelling.

Must be frustrating, OP.

Are you getting good recovery between sessions? Remember that training is not just the work that you do, but the combination of work and recovery (so you can *benefit* from the work).

Getting enough sleep is important; *consistent* sleep (going to bed and waking at regular times, even on the weekend) is even more helpful.

Good luck. Also, have you had a general medical/dental checkup recently? I ask because sometimes a medical condition (including a bad tooth) can really hold you back.

Good answer. It's easy to get disappointed when we don't race the race that we think we've trained for, but it all comes eventually. I'm going to look at my training log now. ;)

Runningart2004 wrote:

Look not at the training you did today or yesterday or last month. Look at the training you did 3 months ago, 6 months ago, 12 months ago.

Racing fitness is the result of the cummulative effect of the training over the course of a lifetime. A lot of times we think we are training hard when we really are not.

Look back at your training from February until now. Did you take time off? How did you build up your mileage?

One week or one month of training doesn't mean jack.

Alan

Ive considered and pondered on the idea that i may have beeen overtraining but theres no real way to tell and as soon as i bring this point up to my coach he says no if anything your not training enough ?