tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367925279775531528.post8756816458188707008..comments2023-10-28T04:32:00.759-07:00Comments on Do or Do Not, There Is No TRI: INexperience rears its ugly headRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748727915674626083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367925279775531528.post-68837780872688431442008-11-16T23:10:00.000-08:002008-11-16T23:10:00.000-08:00One more thought.There is really only 3-4 paces th...One more thought.<BR/>There is really only 3-4 paces that you need to train at. 1. Easy/Long run pace which is +or- 30 seconds 2. threshold pace 3. interval pace.<BR/>You could add in a 4th which would be race pace, but for a half marathon it is about 15 seconds per mile slower than threshold pace.<BR/>I hope some of this gibberish helps.Karl Stutelberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17513950203642701864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367925279775531528.post-62210450189295950552008-11-16T21:52:00.000-08:002008-11-16T21:52:00.000-08:00RonThat run you did the other day was probably the...Ron<BR/>That run you did the other day was probably the best learning experience you have had so far if you look back and dissect it (which I did). If you were going out for a 10 mile run then, yes, you went out too fast! But if you look at your splits you learned some valuable information on pacing. You learned what your THRESHOLD PACE IS (9:25)! This is that pace at which any faster and you start to produce more lactate than you can buffer very rapidly (some describe this pace as: comfortably hard). If you plug in that 10k time to the VDOT calculator it predicts a half marathon time of 2:08:33. Now you know know what your threshold pace feels like. You don't have to run for an hour at that pace in training as it may take too long to recover, but any time spent at that pace is beneficial (20-30 minutes once a week is perfect). As your fitness improves so will that comfortably hard pace. So even for a threshold run you went out too fast 9:16 (should have been about 9:30) but now you know. Going out too fast is a mistake that many runners make, not just rookies. Just don't let it happen on race day!<BR/>I also saw your mile time trial which I think was around 7:50? What the VDOT information tells me is that you still have lots of potential to improve your half marathon time, but probably not by Vegas. That 10k time of 58:00 is a better predictor because it is closer to your race distance. What that mile tells me is that soon enough you will be under two hours!Karl Stutelberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17513950203642701864noreply@blogger.com