I am in my second full year of solid training now and am in the FOP of my AG, but want to continue to improve and perhaps take a couple podiums in the overall class.
I am a good swimmer, consistantly getting out of the water with the leaders without too much effort (read: I feel pretty fresh running up the beach and know that I could have gone harder). I can hold my own on the bike getting passed by the top cyclists, but I am not too off the pace and usually am holding back for the run... where it all falls apart.
I seem only to be capeable of running a 7:30 mile. Stand alone or in a race it does not seem to matter. In sprints I gut out the first two miles at about 8:00 and can turn up the third. Trianing at OLY distance yields similar results. My 10K pb is only 42min and that does not include a 30sec break at the turn.
My buddy who is a former cross country runner with a 5:30 mile as his PB tells me that I need to start to do more speed work if I want to run with the fast movers in races. He recommends lots of 400 repeats on days when I am not trying to strech my distance out.
I am willing to do the work, but it seems like a big hill to climb dropping 2:00 off my mile times, and i feel like it would be easier to add 10 mph to my bike split at this point.
Have any of you dropped your mile splits this significantly? I am in pretty good shape and could stand to drop about 5 more lbs, but 5lbs does nto a 5 min mile make. Do I need to be more paitient and do more base mileage (I do about 20 miles a week).
I guess the runners just make it look so easy. (They must feel the same way watching me swim)
This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. - Fight Club
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I am a good swimmer, consistantly getting out of the water with the leaders without too much effort (read: I feel pretty fresh running up the beach and know that I could have gone harder). I can hold my own on the bike getting passed by the top cyclists, but I am not too off the pace and usually am holding back for the run... where it all falls apart.
I seem only to be capeable of running a 7:30 mile. Stand alone or in a race it does not seem to matter. In sprints I gut out the first two miles at about 8:00 and can turn up the third. Trianing at OLY distance yields similar results. My 10K pb is only 42min and that does not include a 30sec break at the turn.
My buddy who is a former cross country runner with a 5:30 mile as his PB tells me that I need to start to do more speed work if I want to run with the fast movers in races. He recommends lots of 400 repeats on days when I am not trying to strech my distance out.
I am willing to do the work, but it seems like a big hill to climb dropping 2:00 off my mile times, and i feel like it would be easier to add 10 mph to my bike split at this point.
Have any of you dropped your mile splits this significantly? I am in pretty good shape and could stand to drop about 5 more lbs, but 5lbs does nto a 5 min mile make. Do I need to be more paitient and do more base mileage (I do about 20 miles a week).
I guess the runners just make it look so easy. (They must feel the same way watching me swim)
This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. - Fight Club
Industry Brat.