Quote Originally Posted by Stolly View Post
Its a bit of a generalisation but I'm not particularly driven by races, maybe doing one event each month, so I don't worry too much about them and my racing 'performance'. That said the very best training for races that I know of is actually running races. And if I did run a race each week I know for sure my race times would improve.

But so would the chance of injuries and, in any event, running with Harry my collie is much more fun
Deff think doing a bit of quicker stuff must help speed. Only way I've ever got quicker in the past was doing shorter races - but then I drop off again and never really improve. Having seen my pals doing a bit of speedwork consistently each week over the last year or so, and now thrashing me over each time we go out - I have realised I need to do a bit too if I want to keep up with them. All I usually do is a steady pace when out generally so I spose it stands to reason that speed isn't going to get much quicker unless I tweak things a bit. Although, losing weight must help increase speed, and runnng every day for a year is a great achievement either way and must have done wonders for your general stamina/fitness.

Did you find you had to get into a routine of running before work/odd hours etc?