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Friday, January 1, 2010

Pool-running posts, listed by category.

Basic Observations
The effectiveness of pool-running for preserving fitness.
Pros and cons of pool-running for non-injured runners.
Whether to wear a belt.
Combining pool-running and land-running. 
Links to other pool-running sites. 
Pool-running for recovery.

Training and form:
Tempo runs in the pool.
Pool-running and heart-rate.
Structuring workouts in the pool.
Pool-running form.
Supplemental strength-training for pool-runners - below the knee.
Supplemental strength-training for pool-runners - above the knee.


Tricks and tips:
Helpful gear for pool-running.
Stuff that is NOT useful for pool-running.
Poor woman's water-proof ipod.
Bag lady's water-proof ipod.
Tips on making pool-running tolerable.
Washington, DC Area Pool Reviews.
Pool-running etiquette. 

Pool-running humor:
What not to wear.
7 observations about pool-running.
7 more observations about pool-running.
Yet another 7 observations about pool-running.
My new favorite race photo.
The obligatory pool-running tracklist post.
Anecdote.
Pool-running: how not to do it. 
Everybody pool-runs.
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Track mile: 5:30.7 (PVTC meet - August 2012)

Road mile: 5:25.4 (Loudoun Street Mile - May 2017) [*also ran 5:08 at Main Street Mile - April 2017]

5K: 18:51 (Purple Stride 5K - June 2017)

4M: 24:55 (Fairfax 4M - December 2019)

8K: 31:27 (Gloucester 8K - February 2019)

10K: 38:56 (Pikes Peek 10K - April 2017)

10M: 1:02:28 (Broad Street Run - May 2019)

Half: 1:24:08 (Columbus Half-Marathon - October 2019)

Marathon: 2:57:42 (California International Marathon - December 2018)

poolrun: 3:15:00

Full slew of race reports here (from my first in June 2007 to 2010) and here (2011).

workouts

(you can click on the link to see the details)

Pool running conversion


I convert my pool-running into “mileage” with this formula:
1) 10 minutes “easy” in the pool equals one mile
2) workouts translate by time into mileage, with the recoveries not counting for mileage. For example, I would normally cover half a mile in 3:00 during an interval workout, and 1.5 miles in 10:00 during a tempo. So 8x3:00 at interval effort is 4 miles, and 10 minutes at tempo effort is 1.5 miles.

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