Forums >Running 101>What do you do on a training run and you just don't have it today?
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
But like I said, I felt fine going out until I started running. So what should I have done? Turned around and gone home? Just trashed the intervals session and run an easy 4 or 5 miles or HTFU'd like I did and tried anyway?
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Well, if I was that far off my target, I'd call it after one rep , put some easy miles in, and try again the next day. Though I have read that sometimes it's not a bad idea to break a workout into smaller chunks when you're having that kind of day. Meaning, turn it into repeat 800s, but at your target mile pace. You won't get the full benefit, but it's a solid workout. Plus, sometimes trying to save your workout like this helps you get your mojo back; you end up feeling better by the end.
now, this is when you all English speaking people should praise that I, a foreigner, didn't misspell "rhythm"!
Props to Nobby for the correct spelling of rhythm!
...but did I spell "jacczi" correctly???
Nope, it's jacuzzi.
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jeffgoblue, question for you... Question for you, based on your book that you mentioned, where does a 200m time of 32 seconds place me in terms of chasing the corresponding mile time? EDIT: modified the 200m time. It was 32 rounded up from high 31.8x, not 34.
You are ready to train for a x : xx mile if you can run 220 yards in xx.x seconds and 440 yards in xx.x seconds.