I played baseball and football most of life, so I'm used to sprinting. I started having to do more distance running when I got to college and started doing Army ROTC. I've managed to slowly get 2 mile run time down over about 3 years, but it has always seemed like I had to work 10 times as hard as everyone else. Most of friends who did track and soccer in high school can drink all the time and eat junk food, barely working out on their own, and they smoke me on the runs. At this time last year I had 2 mile run time down around 13:15-13:20 on a good day. Then Christmas came around, and I still watched what I ate and ran 3-5 miles about 5-6 times while I was home for about 3 weeks. When I got back to school, I wanted to get push ups back where they were and mainly did strength training, thinking that just running at PT would maintain run time. A few weeks into school I was over a minute slower on 2 mile time, and I STILL have not completely recovered. Right now I'm around a 13:50-14:15 2 mile time. Why am I not getting run time down faster? How can everyone else run way less than me and eat worse food and still keep their run times way lower than mine? It's beginning to get frustrating.
I mainly do long distance runs when I run on own and use the elliptical for off days for about an hour. I'm more careful than most people about what I eat. diet normally consists of beef stew, different soups, pasta with meatballs, tuna and crackers, nutrigrain bars, coffee, frosted flakes, and plain tortilla chips for a small snack. I take a serving of whey protein (mixed in 1% milk) 1 or 2 times a day, NO Explode when I do strength training or speed/sprint training, and Accelerade before and after endurance training. I take the Onesource daily vitamins, glucosamin chondroitin, ginko biloba, and vitamin B and C supplements daily or almost daily.
goals are to get 2 mile time below 13:00, get up to 90+ push ups in 2 minutes, burn off more fat (lower abs and love handles are stubborn), and get better at running long distances (6 miles or greater) with a 30-60lb back pack. Are there any suggestions for how I should change workout/ diet to achieve goals? I'm certainly no expert on most of this stuff. Please let me know if you need anything clarified, I tried to be detailed.
What is going on with run time?
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- if you've done more sprinting in the past then your muscle make up will be fast fibre dominant which is why long distance running is harder although with enough training those fibres can change back although i don't know why you'd want to that
- the longer the distance is and the longer time you have off from it the worse off you'll be trying to reach it again
- any particular reason why you're aiming for that run time?
- if you're aiminf for a 2 mile run time then why do 3 - 5 mile runs? sprinters don't run 800's do they...do 3 mile runs atb most...do the same distance faster, not increase the distance
- if you're trying for a 2 mile road run, no machine will carry over to that but it's always good to give the joints a rest
- add in some sprint days if not already...you need to be able to run short distances fast before you can run short distances fast
- NO Explode....that's funny...ginko????????
- youmnneed to prioritise your goals and aim to increase 1 while maintaining the rest and cycles through them
- the longer the distance is and the longer time you have off from it the worse off you'll be trying to reach it again
- any particular reason why you're aiming for that run time?
- if you're aiminf for a 2 mile run time then why do 3 - 5 mile runs? sprinters don't run 800's do they...do 3 mile runs atb most...do the same distance faster, not increase the distance
- if you're trying for a 2 mile road run, no machine will carry over to that but it's always good to give the joints a rest
- add in some sprint days if not already...you need to be able to run short distances fast before you can run short distances fast
- NO Explode....that's funny...ginko????????
- youmnneed to prioritise your goals and aim to increase 1 while maintaining the rest and cycles through them
I need to be in good all around shape, especially endurance. 13:00 is max points on the PT test for the 2 mile run for age. I'm also on the Ranger Challenge team where we do 10k runs with 30-40 lb rucksacks and a rifle in one hand, so I need to be good at the distance stuff, too, especially with extra weight on back. I also just want the good all around endurance and fitness for when I commission as a LT this spring.
As far as the supplements go, I was just naming off everything I take. The ginko wasn't for fitness or anything, I just figured I'd give it a try. I love NO Explode when I'm not doing endurance running (I hate having anything in stomach when I do distance running).
Thanks,
Crispy
As far as the supplements go, I was just naming off everything I take. The ginko wasn't for fitness or anything, I just figured I'd give it a try. I love NO Explode when I'm not doing endurance running (I hate having anything in stomach when I do distance running).
Thanks,
Crispy