re: Official Running Log/Marathon Training Thread

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After April 27 I'm done with "training" until late July and want to really try to get my vo2 Max higher... would it be a bad idea to move to more short interval stuff for awhile trying to get my vo2 Max up?

My training for the 100 miler starts in late July, but I feel like a better vo2 could greatly help me more than endurance distances over the next 3 months?

(Clarity: I'm thinking decreasing my 2nd day distance a good bit and doing 2 vo2 Max workouts a week instead of 1 + marathon / tempo stuff)

I would still do 10-15m long runs a week

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yea thats typically my mind set. When im in "off" periods I usually pick a bigger 5k or 4 mile or something to train for for a couple months. That way im backing off of mileage but still getting after intensity. After OKC on the 28th im taking two weeks and then going into training for a 4 miler here in town on July 4th aiming to go sub 21. Allows me to focus on more speedy work and perfect some lactic threshold and VO2 max stuff.