I've seen threads describing workouts but I've never seen something like a log that contains the extra stuff like weights,cross training, sleep, meals etc. I guess I'm wondering what a week for a sub 4 miler looks like beyond just interval workouts.
Anybody have any info? I'm a 4:09 miler and am looking for additional things to add to my training beyond increasing volume/intensity of my workouts.
Look up Herb Elliot training
Lots of heavy weights, natural raw diet, running triples, 100 mile weeks, swimming, hill running, hard strady workouts on grass(the surface), fartleks, running in place, gymnastics, longer long runs...
And he did this as a 19-20 year old
He went from 4:20 or something to 4:05 in only a few months with these new stimuli.
Of course he ran sub 4 dozens upon dozens of times after that in a course of a few years.. Ended his career early. Something to think about. But it worked.
If you have the talent to go on and run 3:50 mile a year or two later, the training might look pretty light. Abdi Bile did about 30mpw and not many sessions.
If you've been busting your arse for years on the edge of injury and only have the talent to get down to 4:05, it could look pretty heavy.
Create a running2win account and search the mile on the hall of fame page. There's a handful of guys who have gone sub 4 with public logs on there.
Whatever got you to 4:09 will get you to sub 4:00. The training doesn't need too change. You just have to wait.
letsbang wrote:
Create a running2win account and search the mile on the hall of fame page. There's a handful of guys who have gone sub 4 with public logs on there.
The hall of fame page has never loaded for me. It's been two years and I've checked with different browsers, never seen it.
http://www.bunnhill.com/bobhodge/TrainingLogs/scott1981.htmbeing curious wrote:
I've seen threads describing workouts but I've never seen something like a log that contains the extra stuff like weights,cross training, sleep, meals etc. I guess I'm wondering what a week for a sub 4 miler looks like beyond just interval workouts.
Anybody have any info? I'm a 4:09 miler and am looking for additional things to add to my training beyond increasing volume/intensity of my workouts.
Then read Scott's memoir "The Miler".
Quit school and go live in a cabin running huge mileage barefoot. Come back to run a sub-4 beating the current champ.
r2w wrote:
letsbang wrote:Create a running2win account and search the mile on the hall of fame page. There's a handful of guys who have gone sub 4 with public logs on there.
The hall of fame page has never loaded for me. It's been two years and I've checked with different browsers, never seen it.
You just have to wait awhile. It takes like 5 minutes for it to load for some reason.
I’m a D2 female runner. Our coach explicitly told us not to visit LetsRun forums.
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