I know that many of you don’t like to hear it, but the off season is nearly upon us. After realizing that new sexy bike would only make me look fast and not go fast, I am soliciting advice on how to spend some of my hard earned coin on the engine.
Background - Good swimmer, Descent cyclist, shi!!y runner.
A couple pair of running shoes and lots more frequency, a bit more volume and a dose of some extra intensity.
Put shoes on, step out door and run. Ditch the bike for a while and swim three times a week and train to do a marathon. Nothing like getting the milage up in the 50s per week to get the run speed up there.
Thanks Brian. I keep looking for he magic pill for running and I always get the same reply - run, run, run.
Does treadmill work help or hurt?
Intervals
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Kinky… But intersting. I’ll see what the wife has to say…
Testing my before and after hemocrit - some non responders also benefit, according to my coach, but it can be worth 1 min faster for my 40k TT due to a higher hemocrit - without EPO, weird though, sleeping indoors in a tent, and $30 more per month in electricity costs
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If Background = Good swimmer, Descent cyclist, shi!!y runner, and you’ve got money and will to improve :
Dare I say “Powercranks” ???
Or move to Portugal to get coached by someone we both know :-)))
Add a lot of nice cold-weather clothing for running and biking outside. Also, some sport snow-shoes would help. Hit the trails after a heavy snow with the snow-shoes. Those will give you an incredible workout which will help both your run and bike. Plus it will get you outside in the dead of winter.
how about a coach? or a dictionary (what’s a descent runner? 
how can you really know anything about yourself if you’ve never been in a fight? tyler durden
treadmills are running last I checked. FWIW, I do almost all of my intensity running on a TM.
Here’s some motivation to train:
December 17, 2005
The HUFF 50K Trail Run
EVENT: CROSS COUNTRY
LOCATION: Huntington IN
DIRECTIONS: J. Edward Roush Lake; Kil-So-Quah Campground - I-69 to US 224; West on US 224 4.5 miles
TIME: 8:00 AM
DISTANCES:
50K TRAIL RUN
50K RELAY
11 Mile TRAIL RUN
POINT OF CONTACT: Veep Races
PHONE: 260-436-4824 FAX: 260-436-8284
EMAIL Info@Huff50K.com
MAILING ADDRESS:
5207 Hopkinton Drive
Fort Wayne, IN - 46814
**WEBSITE: **http://HUFF50K.com
**Comments or other Race Information: **
One of North America’s largest ultramarathons. Also includes a 3-person 50K Relay and a One-Loop (10.8 Mile) “Fun Run.” There are discounted fees for 19 and under relay entrants. The Kekionga Trail is a gently rolling trail; easy enough to be a good first-time trail course; technical enough to give an advantage to seasoned trail runners. Measure yourself against time, distance…and weather! We’re known for the great post-race foods - particularly our array of soups.
I ran it last year, great race.
damn it - that’s the second time that’s happened to me!
treadmills are running last I checked. FWIW, I do almost all of my intensity running on a TM.
I thought I was the only one that did that. All my “running friends” laugh at me but it is so easy to quantify the workout on a TM. I’m happy to see that I’m not alone.
Ron
