Crossfit Endurance vs Old School: Two miles.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Two miles.

Sometimes, even CFE's "long runs" aren't that long. Today was billed as a 2 mile tempo run at 90 percent of your 2 mile time trial pace. I didn't have a time trial in the record books (though I suppose I could've used my 5K splits), so decided to go for one. I started out thinking sub-14, then realized I should probably shoot for roughly my 5K pace at about 13 minutes.

mywrite: 2 miles in 13:24. A little disappointing, this is slower than that 5K pace. The middle part of this was a beast, I glanced at my watch a couple times and I had crept below 7:30/mile pace. Yikes. Good finish though, was just over 6 min/mile pace for the last half mile or so.

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CFE v. Old School Concept

Merrill (Merrill) is a 48-year-old runner addicted to a basic weight routine (some might say an incredibly powerful and impressive routine) and 30 miles each and every week.

Michael (mywrite) is a 36-year-old Crossfit devotee of nearly four years who enjoys running, but not 30 miles each and every week.

Wise (old) vs. Youngish (stupid), follow the two as they train for a half marathon in the Spring, and a full marathon in the Fall with their chosen programs.

Michael will use Crossfit Endurance (www.crossfitendurance.com/) and Crossfit as his guides, with a mix of power and Olympic weightlifting, conditioning, sprint and mid-range running workouts.

Merrill will train as he always has, running four times per week 6-7 miles at 7:30 per mile pace with a longish run thrown in once a week at pretty much the same pace, and lifting three times a week (bench, curl, upright rows, triceps, squats and military press). And oh yeah, two sets of pushups (50), pullups (15) and situps (eight minutes) everyday. Like Rainman.