cmurph wrote:
in the article they mention 10,000 meter total track workouts. Does that strike anyone as a huge amount of volume on the track, especially for a miler?
It appears that Webb does a high volume of intervals, though not a high volume of mileage. Webb himself mentioned going down 10% or so from 10000 meters per interval session in the interview he did at USATF championships, so I don't think it is mistaken. They mentioned 9X800 in the SI article, and Webb has mentioned 20X400 in the past. Obviously, a lot of strength and apparently not just 10000m of threshold intervals. All of these sessions are huge compared to what Steve Scott did, though Steve did more mileage overall.
Maybe this is his "secret" that people keep asking about. It may be a trend, though, when you think about some of the sessions Goucher has mentioned since training with Salazar.