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Mon, Jan 05, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
1.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	4.00

10 X 400 meter @ 7:30 pace 1% incline 100 meter rest This was very hard again.

I noticed that my lungs never seem to burn, or I guess I don't get tired cardiovascularly but my legs seem to turn to noodles near the end. What kind of training should I be doing so my legs can get as strong as my cardo?

Lifted bicep, triceps and abs

Comments

From DonGardinero on Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 12:01:05

Kathie...

That was an awesome run!!!

I don't know what you could do to make your legs stronger. I have the same problem and it seems like we're doing everything right.

Dale

From huans32 on Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 13:23:18

Hmm I think that the burn will come later. Or at least that is what I think will happen when you get close to that puke pace or something. I dont think in my training I have ever had that lung burning feeling either. If anything Kathie sounds like you haven't hit your peak potential is what it says to me. Very nice workout. 10 of them too. DANG!!!

From Smooth on Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 15:42:27

WOW Kathie!!! 10 x 400 meters at 7:30 pace???!!! That's an awesome speed workout. Sounds like you have excellent VO2Max capacity. It's just a matter of time and consistent training for your leg muscles to catch up. Speed work outs are hard. Speed work outs help to train the fast twitch muscles. I like to allow half of the time it takes to do the interval for recovery. Another thing to remember is concentrate on running form. These speed work outs will help with running efficiency.

From rhett on Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 01:15:22

Great workout. Just keep doing what your doing and your legs will get stronger. You may want to try some bounding and other jumping exercises to increase leg strength as well.

From JeffC on Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 11:19:18

Guess what! Meg said the same thing about her legs to me this morning as we were doing our striders. I think it's very normal to feel fatigue in your legs when your running hard. If you don't, you probably need to be working harder. Great workout!! Your legs will get stronger as you continue to run but you could always add some weight training and/or short uphill sprints. I like Rhett's ideas as well.

From kelsey on Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 12:49:05

Great run! I think you should just consider yourself lucky about your cardio abilities! It drives people crazy sometimes but I am always able to talk while I am running and often don't finish out of breath (although 10x400 would definitely leave me heaving on the side of the track!). Like everyone else I think leg fatigue was probably a sign of a hard workout, as long as they haven't been overworked lately.

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