Is the 100 miles a week training week milestone the key to all else in running?
Is the 100 miles a week training week milestone the key to all else in running?
it appears the magic 100 is a touchstone at least
it seems to be the standard for good performance in competition
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Gastronicus wrote:
it appears the magic 100 is a touchstone at least
it seems to be the standard for good performance in competition
1. the magic 100 is a great ego massage.
2. a chosen few runners improve due to 100 miles, the overwhelming majority not. everybody is different:
"too many runners believe that they must train hard to run well and end up doing too much to try to compensate for their genetic deficits." timothy noakes
3. instead of 100 miles: 80 well structured miles at a good clip. great input.
Gastronicus wrote:
it appears the magic 100 is a touchstone at least
it seems to be the standard for good performance in competition
Most countries (including Kenya and Ethiopia) use metrics. I don´t think they consider 160,9 km weeks some kind of standard.
prejudices remain anchored wrote:
a chosen few runners improve due to 100 miles, the overwhelming majority not.
This is very, very wrong. The overwhelming majority of runners improve with mileage increases up to and beyond 100, PROVIDED they go about it incrementally. It has nothing to do with being part of a chosen few.
prejudices remain anchored wrote:"too many runners believe that they must train hard to run well and end up doing too much to try to compensate for their genetic deficits." timothy noakes
The fact that Tim Noakes said something does not make it true. His scientific work is interesting and valuable, but he's not an experienced coach, and experience is how we know how to run fast.
prejudices remain anchored wrote:instead of 100 miles: 80 well structured miles at a good clip. great input.
How about 100 well structured miles at a good clip?
well.. wrote:
Most countries (including Kenya and Ethiopia) use metrics. I don´t think they consider 160,9 km weeks some kind of standard.
Kenyans and Ethiopians probably think 200km/w is the bench mark. Americans are too soft. ;)
i like your post, though i don´t agree with every statement.
i am talking about consistent long term training and not about world elite marathoners.
only genetically featured runners can handle 100 miles to improve. a good runner does as few mistakes as possible. even for the most strong runners it´s a mistake to run 100 miles.
? oh wow?
So did Frank and Bill get it wrong?
?oh wow? wrote:
? oh wow?
So did Frank and Bill get it wrong?
Did you dig up an old thread just to write something nonsensical?
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