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Tuesday 4/28/2020

Hi, Tomorrow's workout:

3-4miles warmup, strides x 6, 12x40sec@90% effort with 40sec easy between, 40sec recovery jog, mile@90% effort, 3min jog, 6x40sec@90%effort with 40sec between each, cool down 2-4miles.

This workout can be done on any terrain.

Have a great workout...hope all is well and see you soon!
Rusty/Mike

Saturday 4/25/2020

Hi, Another week of SD down! We hope you all are feeling strong, fit and healthy.
Reminder during these times of Social Distancing and uncertainty where we don't know when our next official race will be, this is a perfect opportunity to build our mileage base and have workouts that are focused on increasing our thresholds but staying away from "red lining" in our workouts....this phase will not stress our immune systems much and we will get stronger and be ready for harder efforts when the time comes. You will know if your pace crosses over into a red zone (Too Hard an effort) when you feel your Blood lactate rise over the course of your workout (i.e. you start straining and feel your legs, arms getting tighter)...best way to nail this effort is to start easier than you think you should be running...~half marathon race pace or even slower and move from there then creeping into a harder effort when you get to what feels like that "therapeutic" level of effort. You want to feel confident, strong and refreshed after you finish.....not completely spent.

Check out the great Article in this weeks Montecito Journal of SBRR's Lynn Fitzgibbons....Thank you Lynn!

Tomorrow's workout:

warmup, 3-4miles, strides x 6, Mile@Threshold effort, 2min jog, 6-8x1min@90%effort with 1min easy between, 2min jog, then one mile@Threshold effort, cool down remaining miles

Have a great workout and see you all soon!

Rusty/Mike

Tuesday 4/21/2020

Hi! Tomorrows workout is higher end threshold @90% for the repeats and a shorter recovery jog which  will amount to 30-40minutes total time at Threshold Heart rate....

12-16 x 90sec at 90% effort with 60seconds easy jog between....do this on any surface...avoid the track.

Have a great workout and send pics if you think of it. Hope everyone is doing well and we miss you!

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 4/18

Hi Everyone,

We hope everyone is well and we miss you!
For Saturday we reccomend 12x2 minute efforts at 90% with 1 min recovery jogs
Ideally this would be on a varied surface ie. trail, grass, rolling hills
Rusty/ Mike

Tuesday 4/14//2020

Hi, tomorrow's workout should be done on the road, dirt, grass....any terrain other than the track:)
Others with their schedules know what they are doing.
Workout:
warmup 2-4miles, strides x 6, mile@threshold effort (85% Max HR or half marathon race pace), 3minutes easy, 80sec@90% effort, 40sec easy between x 12-14, cooldown remainder of your mileage..ideally 2-4miles


If you haven't seen these fellow teammates in awhile, here they are....if you have, well, then hopefully from afar....send us your post workout pics!
See you soon,
Rusty/Mike

Saturday 4/11/2020

Hi, Another week of social distancing down. Hope everyone continues to healthy and happy.
Tomorrow's workout:

easy 30-40min warmup, 6x20sec strides, 3mile @ Threshold effort (85% or half marathon race pace), 4min jog, 1 mile@20sec faster than your average threshold pace.....cool down remaining miles. Take care of yourselves...refuel and hydrate well.
As always, please send us your workout or post workout pics!


Thanks,
Rusty/Mike

Tuesday 4/7/2020

Hi Guys, those that have schedules know what they are doing....for all others....find a hill 3-6% incline and run 60sec hard up and easy down x8-12.....for the morning crew, Mockingbird all the way to the gate works perfectly and is just shy of 400meters, which is perfect. Another ideal hill on grass is the shoreline hill adjacent to Leadbetter Point or even up in the thick grass of Shoreline park (although this is much less steep, but the grass makes up for that:).

Have a great workout! Send us pics of your workout if you can so we can post. sbrunrace1@gmail.com or sbrunrace@sbrunrace.net
Thanks and see you soon,

Rusty/Mike

Saturday 4/4/2020

Hi! We hope everyone continues to be healthy and safe. Tomorrow's workout will be another solid effort but should not be too intense.....time based workout...40min total (20min@80% effort** (80% is generally considered marathon race pace, but varies given different training levels...so..another way to think of what is 80% is, add 50sec to your most recent 5K mile race pace and start there for first 20min, then 10min@85% (~10sec faster per mile than your 80%), then last 10min@90% (10sec faster per mile than 85%)

Looking forward to seeing you all from a distance:)

We miss you,
Mike/Rusty