2016 IM Florida Week 10- Split Run
Week 10-- Focus: The Split Run
Greeting EN Florida athletes! THANK YOU for chiming in last week and sharing who is out there!! We are starting to get a group going :-) Who else is in?? I LOVED seeing your posts last week…….you all are RAMPING UP!!! Burning a hole in Strava and posting some on social media. Now that we have a laser focus on IM Florida let’s keep that up! It’s FANTASTIC!
Remember…… #EN4Keys
This year the coaches made big changes to the training plans, adding a significant "run durability" component by adding running frequency. So now as you head into the IM Full plan you will notice the following…….
Split Long Run: in weeks 9 through 12, the long run is split into two Thursday sessions. The coaches experimented with this in 2015 and found they were able to run both runs a faster average pace and put up higher single day mileage, with less recovery cost vs a traditional one-session long run. Then then enables...
Additional Friday Run: the ability to put in a run the day after the long run allows us to significantly boost the run volume, and therefore the run durability component, of the long course training plans.
Saturday Pre-Ride Brick Run: this run, added to the plans years ago, remains a running staple.
Sunday Post-Ride Brick Run: an extremely valuable session for helping our athletes dial in the critical first 4-6 miles of their running race execution strategy
So this week- let’s focus on that split long run and report back on how we do! Check out the wiki page for more info! http://members.endurancenation.us/Resources/Wiki/tabid/91/Default.aspx?topic=Understanding+the+Endurance+Nation+Split+Long+Run
Remember…..your race day run should be:
Consistent
Smart
Effective
Sustained Pace
PACING:
No one run will make or break your race but how you look at pacing will.
Focus on sustainable pace.
RECOVERY:
Set yourself up like a rock star---
Eat and Hydrate during your workout
Recovery Shake immediately after
Compression socks or resting in the first half hour window after. Aim for at least one minute elevated resting legs per mile. i.e. 10 mile run, 10 minutes legs elevated, compression socks and resting.
Recovery sets you up for the weekend volume rides
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So far so good this week, but the legs are feeling fatigued.
BUT kids back in activities means 3 short 40min run oppertunities in the evenings. So the week should work out fine. Soon I should know my youngest daughter's soccer schedule. Once I have that I will know my weekend training windows and then I can set the rest of my schedule. It is complicated but basically If I have only a short block on saturday mornings due to soccer then I will do a long run saturday morning and a recovery ride in the afternoon. If I have a longer saturday morning block I will adopt the EN thursday split run and do the weekend rides as written.
There is very little family SAUs at this point as this is IM #2 for the year. So I will just do what I can and enjoy the journey.
Instantly a faster swimmer. Funny how much drag matters in the water!
@jimmy so I guess it's safe to say that both you AND the people that swim at your pool appreciate the fact that you got a new suit?
My schedule is out of synch w the standard right now. Did an interval bike this morning and power / heart rate was vastly improved. Fluke or fitness? time will tell...