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my magic pixie dust race
I posted a couple weeks ago about my goals for my (then) upcoming half marathon; I ran it on Saturday and blew my goals out of the water. My race report is here.
I am actually not quite sure why I was able to run such a fast and strong race, much faster than anything I did in training for more than a mile at a time! But I have been asking around on a running forum I post at (the Runner's World forums) and am coming to the conclusion that it was due to 1) running lots of relatively slow miles, 2) running much shorter distances relatively fast once or twice a week, 3) running lots of hills which strengthened my legs and got me used to hills, 4) taking an easy week before the race so that my legs were rested.
The book I am using to build my training programs is Brad Hudson's Run Faster, which I know I recommended to someone on this community a while back. Now that I have actual results, I'm even more confident about recommending this book. He has sample programs for all of the major distances (5K to marathon) at 3 levels of ability/interest, plus lots of text about how to assess your own needs and strengths so you can modify the programs to fit your own physiology.
I am actually not quite sure why I was able to run such a fast and strong race, much faster than anything I did in training for more than a mile at a time! But I have been asking around on a running forum I post at (the Runner's World forums) and am coming to the conclusion that it was due to 1) running lots of relatively slow miles, 2) running much shorter distances relatively fast once or twice a week, 3) running lots of hills which strengthened my legs and got me used to hills, 4) taking an easy week before the race so that my legs were rested.
The book I am using to build my training programs is Brad Hudson's Run Faster, which I know I recommended to someone on this community a while back. Now that I have actual results, I'm even more confident about recommending this book. He has sample programs for all of the major distances (5K to marathon) at 3 levels of ability/interest, plus lots of text about how to assess your own needs and strengths so you can modify the programs to fit your own physiology.
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