Antonio Cabral wrote:
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What you say it´s not simplicity, it´s simplism. What you mean by distance train ?
By the way why not a 20mile long run on every day ? Don´t you agree it´s distance training ? Why not 200miles a week, is more distance train than 100 miles.
You forget one straight point. Better distance performances means resitance and speed pace. It requires go FASTER for the distance. If you just go longer and not faster, you may lenght the distance that is useless.
Antonio,
What I meant was that being great at distance RUNNING, takes a long period of aerobic training (12-20 weeks), probably twice a year. A period where you improve your oxygen delivery, oxygen uptake and energy production primarily and allow your body to be in the condition to do the "next" period of training needed for your best performance.
My idea looks something like this:
Mon:
AM- 5 miles
PM- 10 miles + 8-12 x 100m at 400m pace
Tues:
AM- 5 miles
PM- 10 miles at hard pace (~marathon pace)
Wed:
AM- 5 miles
PM- 10 miles
Thurs:
AM- 5 miles
PM- 12-15 miles at hard pace (slower than marathon pace)
Fri:
AM- 5 miles
PM- 10 miles + 8-12 x 100m at 400m pace
Sat:
AM- 5 miles hard; OR 3x3miles on tough hill loop; OR 10 miles all uphill; OR 6x1600m at 10-15k pace.
PM- 6 miles easy
Sun:
AM- 15-22 miles at the pace that works for you
I didn't forget any points. I didn't misunderstand anything. I didn't jump to any conclusions like you did. By DISTANCE RUNNING I did NOT mean 20 mile runs every day.
You say: "If you just go longer and not faster, you may lenght the distance that is useless." To that I say, "If you just go faster and not longer, it is useless."
I think you would agree that my ideas include "longer" AND "faster". The "vocal faction" I was referring to was just THAT, a faction, not YOU specifically.
Take it easy.