not to try and move the sprinter vs. distance body type debate off topic, but I am curious about the above quote. Was it only HI sprinting that did this to you, or HI training in general (ie. weightlifting, plyos, etc)? And have you been experiencing “runner’s high” since switching?
My roommate from my freshman year of college actually exhibited withdrawal symptoms when he was forced to take a week off from distance running in between xc and indoor (couldn’t eat or sleep, was so anxious he was constantly freaking out and just in general looked like a corpse; all symptoms gone after two days of running again).
In my experience, I’m not sure about pure speedwork, but post-resistance training and post-controlled speedwork/intensive tempo I definitely feel a “high” that carries into the next day, and the day after offdays is when I’ll feel the depression-like feelings (as opposed to after speedwork days). Distance running (did a year or so of xc in early high school) never really seemed to do the trick for me. Almost like I feel a boost from the intense CNS stimulus whereas you seem to have felt a dip
I usually feel like crap before a tempo session, especially if I did a speed the day before. During the tempo once I get warm I feel great most of the time. THe hours after an intense speed and gym workout I do find myself sometimes feeling so tired that im sad. Ill sit on the counch and frown for no apparent reason.
4/12 speed end
1x10,20,30,60 from blocks
2x120 standing. 12.88,13.06 Legs felt decent. I had a lil bit of wind on the runs but im happy to finally dip under 13. I was spent after the last 120. I had to crawl to the weight room
Deads-5x225, 4x5x275
20 depth jumps
3x5 ghr.
I probably couldve gone heavier on the deads but when I first began I was still beat from the runs. I felt better by the end.
I’ll have to up my fall workouts. Basically started in August. Stayed on grass until jan. doing a short to long. But I’ll past the workouts sometime this week.
4/17
am bench 5x5x205 felt a lil weak this morning. THe 205 wasnt hard but I didnt have the energy to go up. taking off today. going out of town. Im hoping to find a place in orlando to workout for the next few days
4/18
In orlando with wife. That morning i decided to check out the wide world of sports since they have a track. I know they will charge so i am prepared to pay. What i wasnt prepared for was them telling me people cant train on the track. I say wtf, whats the use of a track if its only used 3 times a year for 3 meets. ofcourse no answer. shit made no fucking sense. meanwhile i see tons of people at the disney resorts running down the street, on the sidewalk, in the grass, trying to get a workout in. I wonder how much money they could get by charging to use the facilities. Retards
so I google a another track and a park comes up, its like 30 mins away and I say screw it i need to run. I finally arrive and what do i see, a track made out of road, not gravel, not soft spikable asphlat, but highway road. wtf. I then spot a baseball field and go hop the fence.
I had planned to do 200,150 but that wasnt happening. so I just marked off 60-70 m and did some runs
3x3x60-70meters. 20sec rep/6 mins per set.
I thought i was gonna die byt the last one. I was going pretty fast. Never though I would feel that out of breath. it was a tough one. I hate disney
Was just shaking my legs out today after returning from Orlando. But this year I run the 100s in 16-17 secs, with 50m walk. The 300s I haven’t timed. Most the time I time the 100 and 200 runs. The 200s are between 30-33
Well I do a timed tempo once a week. And those are the times I target. I would never do those for every tempo day. my other tempo days I don’t time the runs. only time the rest. I also don’t run nearly as fast
also you need to clear out your inbox. is your email still the same? Ill shoot you those workouts I did from august till now.
4/21 meet finally this Saturday. these once a month meets don’t cut it. cant run fast times without meets
Today I felt sluggish, and my partner let me know by blasting me out the blocks.
3x20m isorobic
5x10 bs
5x40 bs- I was getting the business today
2x20m fly 2.22 2.03. I should’ve warmup more before the first fly after my break.
1x120 13.4- surpised I could even run that fast. I was working form and relaxation
gym- im going into a max strength phase and today was a trial run
hang snatch 5x3x95
sq 2x3x315
bench 2x3x225, 2x3x245