Can I AW my Yassos?

[clseale]

'Cause I'm gonna.  

2 weeks out from race day, so I ran my Yassos. Now I don't think they are a perfect predictor by any means. In my experience, they predict roughly 5 min too fast. That was for marathons that I crashed on, so who knows. I wish I had run them before my really strong Surf City race. 

Anyway, since I think his predictions are off, I kept my recovery 30-40 sec less than he says, and I averaged 3:25. 1 & 2 were way too fast. (3:21 & 3:20), so I reined it in & 3-9 were all 3:26 & 3:27. Final 800 was a 3:24.

I am under no delusion that I will run sub 3:30, but I don't feel as nuts for hoping that 3:34 just might be possible.  

[Brit]

Awesome job! Yassos are hard! Good luck with your race. As usual, I'm sure you'll kill it.

[runaways]

Nice! I was supposed to run mine on Monday, but alas, this awful cold happened. And I don't want to do them now one week out.

You're going to kick ass.

[clseale]

I'm sorry, runaways. Are you feeling better? At least it happened before the race! Rest & take care of yourself this week. You're going to have an amazing day.

[runaways]

Jan 11, 2014 12:55:07 GMT -5 clseale said:

I'm sorry, runaways. Are you feeling better? At least it happened before the race! Rest & take care of yourself this week. You're going to have an amazing day.

I am feeling a lot better actually, thanks for asking! Still congested but not nearly as fatigued so I should be able to run this weekend and get back on track next week. I'm mildly concerned that I haven't done any real speed work in 2 weeks now but it shouldn't really be a big deal. I think.

[hannahb]

Can't wait to see how you do on this training plan. If I run a fall full I think it's the plan I would like to try.

[MrsE]

Woo hoo!

[noisemaker2]

Amazing. You're going to kill it on race day!

[chitownbelle]

you got this, girl!! excited to see your outcome....remember, the internet is watching ;-)

[thom]

I would AW that too. Way to go; awesome workout! I have a feeling you will be in for a very strong marathon.

[kams]

Ho. Ly. Shit. Girl, you are so beyond, I can't even tell you. I CAN NOT wait for you to run this race.

[trigal]

Well done! My Yassos are definitely not that fast!

[taratru]

Man, that's impressive. My last Yassos before my PR was an average of 3:31, which gave me a TON of confidence going into the race.

Girl, you are going to KILL it. SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[clseale]

Jan 11, 2014 20:56:22 GMT -5 taratru said:

Man, that's impressive. My last Yassos before my PR was an average of 3:31, which gave me a TON of confidence going into the race.

Girl, you are going to KILL it. SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks! I have a sneaking suspicion that it's going to be a bigger difference the faster I get. That's why I at least attempted to make them more difficult. Like, I've figured out how to run 800s strongly, but it doesn't equal that strong of a marathon. The last time I ran a full set of 10 was three marathons ago. Yassos were 3:58, & I ran a 4:03. I think it will be even further spaced this time.

I really think it just depends on the individual runner's strengths. I know people who nail it every single time with the predictor, and others who are off by 10+ min. My other race times seem to be a better predictor for me. 

[runaways]

Jan 11, 2014 21:29:15 GMT -5 clseale said:

Jan 11, 2014 20:56:22 GMT -5 taratru said:

Man, that's impressive. My last Yassos before my PR was an average of 3:31, which gave me a TON of confidence going into the race.

Girl, you are going to KILL it. SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks! I have a sneaking suspicion that it's going to be a bigger difference the faster I get. That's why I at least attempted to make them more difficult. Like, I've figured out how to run 800s strongly, but it doesn't equal that strong of a marathon. The last time I ran a full set of 10 was three marathons ago. Yassos were 3:58, & I ran a 4:03. I think it will be even further spaced this time.     

Question: did you train up to doing 10/if so, when did you start them? I had done a set of 6 and a set of 8, 4 and 2 weeks before respectively, leading up to last week.

[clseale]

Jan 11, 2014 21:38:52 GMT -5 runaways said:

Jan 11, 2014 21:29:15 GMT -5 clseale said:

Thanks! I have a sneaking suspicion that it's going to be a bigger difference the faster I get. That's why I at least attempted to make them more difficult. Like, I've figured out how to run 800s strongly, but it doesn't equal that strong of a marathon. The last time I ran a full set of 10 was three marathons ago. Yassos were 3:58, & I ran a 4:03. I think it will be even further spaced this time.     

Question: did you train up to doing 10/if so, when did you start them? I had done a set of 6 and a set of 8, 4 and 2 weeks before respectively, leading up to last week.

I didn't this time. I had once in the past. I was building up for them for Chicago (just looked back, I only got to 6x800s at a 3:30 avg, so yay, at least I know I'm running faster. Lol) With that plan, I did them every 3 weeks, & the 10 should have been 2 weeks out from the race. I had 4, 6, 8, 10. The 4 started 12 wks out from race day.