As part of my birthday present to myself I decided it was time to begin working with a coach since I was starting to run myself into the ground when I tried to start running more speed work. I wasn't sleeping well at night and constantly struggling through workouts so I knew I was doing something run but I just didn't know how to get better and stay healthy.
I randomly came upon a coach named Tom Schwartz who is a writer for Runners World and has been coaching for the better part of 30+ years. He has a pretty good track record of fixing runners not performing up to their true potential and fitness level. In addition he has coached a number of Olypmic marathoners and since my long term insane goal is to qualify to run in the Olympic trials I thought he might be a good choice.
First thing he has me doing, running slower LOL....I guess I had been running too hard on easy days and not hard enough on hard days to see real performance gains. I guess its common and it is basically a trap of constantly running moderate but never forcing your body to adapt to run faster. He also has me upping my mileage so I am sure I'll be well north of 100 mpw this summer on a regular basis.
I hope he can help me improve and reach some of my potential.
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