"Treat rest and recovery as a part of your training program—not separate from it. Build these elements in just as you do key workouts.
Prioritize sleep and nutrition. These are the glue that hold a training program together over the long term."
Spot on Mario! I know many runners, especially younger ones who try and compartmentalize these elements, and some of the first to get compromised are sleep and nutrition. They are not silos, they are interconnected lego bricks, relying on each other.
Also: great race recap! and congrats on a smoking fast time. I love your description "It was high-speed human chess,"... experience has taught you patience, and it's so fun to be patient and chase people down. Congrats!
Exactly! Many miss the forest for the trees and don't understand how they need to co-exist and interact.
And thank you! The mile is my favorite thing. Nowhere else in my life am I so present and alert. It's high-speed but you can't rush, if that makes sense.
Great issue!! I really loved the entire thing and found myself nodding along and smiling. The piece on absorbing training is huge, and it's only when I found after many cycles I was running workouts too hot that I finally unlocked my next level of training. As counterintuitive as it sounded, just dialing intensity back 10-15% allowed me to propel forward much faster.
Thank you Tyler! The running workouts too hot (and/or recovery runs) is a common issue. It's amazing how much more consistent you can be when you slow everything down a little bit, and that consistency over time is what leads to breakthroughs. Stay on it!
Great issue!! And congratulations on the Cal All Comers - see you out on the track!
As my training has matured over the years, building the understanding that my rest and recovery needs aren’t just physical but also mental has helped lowered the apprehension that the second I slow down, I won’t be able to pick it up again. Appreciate the reminder.
Great racing! I didn't run track until the Senior Olympics and immediately fell in love with the 1500 and loved/hated the 800. I qualified for Nationals in the 1500. Then I learned that the National Senior Olympic Games are a bit of a scam, in my opinion. At the New Mexico State Games, I outraced a guy in my AG, 60-64, to come in 4th because I was told only the top 4 would qualify. Turns out anyone who raced in their State Games could go to nationals. There were several of us here in that situation so we all stayed home instead of going to Iowa.
"Treat rest and recovery as a part of your training program—not separate from it. Build these elements in just as you do key workouts.
Prioritize sleep and nutrition. These are the glue that hold a training program together over the long term."
Spot on Mario! I know many runners, especially younger ones who try and compartmentalize these elements, and some of the first to get compromised are sleep and nutrition. They are not silos, they are interconnected lego bricks, relying on each other.
Also: great race recap! and congrats on a smoking fast time. I love your description "It was high-speed human chess,"... experience has taught you patience, and it's so fun to be patient and chase people down. Congrats!
Exactly! Many miss the forest for the trees and don't understand how they need to co-exist and interact.
And thank you! The mile is my favorite thing. Nowhere else in my life am I so present and alert. It's high-speed but you can't rush, if that makes sense.
Great issue!! I really loved the entire thing and found myself nodding along and smiling. The piece on absorbing training is huge, and it's only when I found after many cycles I was running workouts too hot that I finally unlocked my next level of training. As counterintuitive as it sounded, just dialing intensity back 10-15% allowed me to propel forward much faster.
Thank you Tyler! The running workouts too hot (and/or recovery runs) is a common issue. It's amazing how much more consistent you can be when you slow everything down a little bit, and that consistency over time is what leads to breakthroughs. Stay on it!
"Absorbing the Training". I like that. As I contemplate a greater than 10% mileage bump this week. Pace adjustments are key.
Agree. Slow things down a little bit, pay attention to the space between (workouts, runs, etc.) and you can do/handle/absorb a little more.
Great issue!! And congratulations on the Cal All Comers - see you out on the track!
As my training has matured over the years, building the understanding that my rest and recovery needs aren’t just physical but also mental has helped lowered the apprehension that the second I slow down, I won’t be able to pick it up again. Appreciate the reminder.
Great racing! I didn't run track until the Senior Olympics and immediately fell in love with the 1500 and loved/hated the 800. I qualified for Nationals in the 1500. Then I learned that the National Senior Olympic Games are a bit of a scam, in my opinion. At the New Mexico State Games, I outraced a guy in my AG, 60-64, to come in 4th because I was told only the top 4 would qualify. Turns out anyone who raced in their State Games could go to nationals. There were several of us here in that situation so we all stayed home instead of going to Iowa.
A sad day as Jeff Galloway passed away. He inspired so many runners to do more than they thought they could through his run-walk-run.