Road to Marine Boot Camp 2. (Insanity Beachbody)

[ceazur]

If you are looking at doing 3 miles faster you need to up your overall mileage in the week. I would suggest getting anywhere from 4-6 miles in per day and do that at whatever pace makes you comfortable. Start off with not timing yourself, just finish. Then increase your time, but be happy with consistency off the back.

You need to build endurance. Anything past a mile to me is more of an endurance race to me. A mile and below(especially a 1/2mile and below) I call a sprint. Once you can successfully achieve 4-6 miles daily you will build the endurance needed to pick up your speed for a shorter race.

Your analogy might be a tad off base for running, but i saw what you were trying to achieve, i just asked to make sure. Unlike weight lifting, you can not push the shortest distance possible for the longest amount of time in hopes of gaining distance endurance.

I ran the 1/2 mile, mile, and 2 mile all in the same track event, every event. The only way to have endurance for all three was to put miles under my belt. Maybe 40-50 miles a week. If you want to build speed, interval training is a great choice too. I would suggest mixing it up with 1/4 mile intervals or shorter. When we were at the point of peaking we used to do mile intervals and that was killer. Trying running a 4:55, two minute break, then running a 4:57. two minute break, 4:56, two minute break, then a 5:00. Do something similar one day a week with shorter distance until you can build to something like the above. Maybe 100m, 30 seconds break, 100m, 30 second break...
Then just pick up the distances slowly. ENDURANCE, MILES. This is the only way to lower a time in the three mile range.

great info man. I do appreciate that. I will consider everything and check into it further. But you did answer my question

 

[suprfast]

great info man. I do appreciate that. I will consider everything and check into it further. But you did answer my question

Just an FYI, I would have to buy a new pair of shoes for each season(track, x country). I would log close to 500 miles +/- on a pair. Run on the grass or something soft when you can. Concrete is hard and not forgiving. Its just for starting up.

 

[suprfast]

WAHHAHA, nice comment. See, i'm not so bad

 

[ceazur]

i run at a park tho on concrete.. Should I map a place to run out in the country?

 

[Marat]

Ceazur, does the military not provide you with advice for what you should be doing to get ready?

 

[ceazur]

Ceazur, does the military not provide you with advice for what you should be doing to get ready?

No, and my recruiter has only just on recruiter duty. On tuesday afternoons we do the IST, (running, pullups, crunches) but thats it. I'm going to start running 5 miles as of today, at what ever pace it takes, and then just slowly increase that pace. Any certain amount of days I should run? I have been running at least 6, sometimes 7. And m11, all they could do is tell me the stuff they THINK will help me. When you guys KNOW what works best from experimenting..

 

[ceazur]

Previous Diet:
5am-oatmeal
8am-egg white, whole eggs, turkey sausage, wheat bread
11am-tuna sandwich
2pm-protein drink, sandwich of some sort
5pm- sweet potato and meat
8pm- pnut butter

New diet:
5am- protein shake
8am- eggs and wheat bread
11am- protein shake
2pm- tuna sandwhich
5pm- sweet potato and meat
8pm- meat or tbsp of peanut butter.

I will spread the calories to 2300 -2500
I will be up'n my run to 5 miles daily
I will be lessening the workouts I do on leg day
I will not be taking a rest day from insanity
I will be a beast

 

[ceazur]

I am going to end my visit here at Ironmag, I enjoyed it ,and I thank all who have helped me and informed me. I will not be posting after today.

 

[Marat]

Good having you -- good luck with everything

 

[BedrosFerrigno]

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