I coach (and I use this term loosely, because it’s basically parents and volunteers) kids track and we definitely make the kids move for recoveries. I honestly never thought about recoveries so much until I started volunteering and coaching, though.
When you have a lot of kids it’s hard to track recovery time and obviously they’re not all wearing watches and even if they are, they don’t know how to track when 60 or 90 seconds is up, etc, so we usually have them jog or walk the recovery. Plus, like you said, you don’t get a break during a race, and I think maybe jogging it out helps their endurance at the same time (which will be pretty awesome come cross country season). And when your really young athletes are different paces and finish at different times, if you start too quickly, you cheat kids out of recovery time or you give them too much.
Personally, when I run, I try to jog or walk the recoveries too. It’s easier to start running fast again vs. totally stopping. I think it helps me as a distance runner.
hey, u are far more schooled than lots of the coaches out there for the younger kiddies! 🙂 at that age it’s mostly about keeping it fun and getting them to do the workouts. that said, i know it’s sometimes a cluster-fudge trying to manage workouts, who’s supposed to go, who’s supposed to rest…get u running around in circles urself! 😉 great job out there!
I believe in moving rest too, and I vary it according to my workout (and even within my workout) – when the speed is high, I take a longer recovery, or sometimes I do increasing intervals where the rest of just a slower high intensity speed (if that makes sense at all?). So I’ll do a zone 4 interval then a threshold speed minute and a zone 3 semi-recovery.
ha! I just stand there, always, unless the “RC” (running coach) specifically writes to do something (jog, etc). I should probably stop just standing there, but my slow jog is so slow it would take me much longer than the rest period to jog a 200 or whatever distance it is.
I agree on the moving rest in theory, just can’t seem to do it in practice.
I’m definitely for active recovery or at least some movement in rest times – I find my muscles don’t like doing nothing!
i’m the same! it’s like the second i stop moving they think, “okay, workout done, we will totally fail her now.” 😉
I coach (and I use this term loosely, because it’s basically parents and volunteers) kids track and we definitely make the kids move for recoveries. I honestly never thought about recoveries so much until I started volunteering and coaching, though.
When you have a lot of kids it’s hard to track recovery time and obviously they’re not all wearing watches and even if they are, they don’t know how to track when 60 or 90 seconds is up, etc, so we usually have them jog or walk the recovery. Plus, like you said, you don’t get a break during a race, and I think maybe jogging it out helps their endurance at the same time (which will be pretty awesome come cross country season). And when your really young athletes are different paces and finish at different times, if you start too quickly, you cheat kids out of recovery time or you give them too much.
Personally, when I run, I try to jog or walk the recoveries too. It’s easier to start running fast again vs. totally stopping. I think it helps me as a distance runner.
hey, u are far more schooled than lots of the coaches out there for the younger kiddies! 🙂 at that age it’s mostly about keeping it fun and getting them to do the workouts. that said, i know it’s sometimes a cluster-fudge trying to manage workouts, who’s supposed to go, who’s supposed to rest…get u running around in circles urself! 😉 great job out there!
I believe in moving rest too, and I vary it according to my workout (and even within my workout) – when the speed is high, I take a longer recovery, or sometimes I do increasing intervals where the rest of just a slower high intensity speed (if that makes sense at all?). So I’ll do a zone 4 interval then a threshold speed minute and a zone 3 semi-recovery.
sounds like we are on the same page…hehe. 🙂
ha! I just stand there, always, unless the “RC” (running coach) specifically writes to do something (jog, etc). I should probably stop just standing there, but my slow jog is so slow it would take me much longer than the rest period to jog a 200 or whatever distance it is.
I agree on the moving rest in theory, just can’t seem to do it in practice.
haha…i PROMISE just try to keep moving and you’ll prolly feel a bit better, even if it’s a slow jog. 😉
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