What are everyone's thoughts on this training technique? I tend to do something like this during base building but I slow down the easy runs once I get into the tough workouts.
What are everyone's thoughts on this training technique? I tend to do something like this during base building but I slow down the easy runs once I get into the tough workouts.
Too long, didn't read. Can you summarize briefly?
dsfsadfs wrote:
Too long, didn't read. Can you summarize briefly?
Running is not weightlifting so you should never be so torn down that you need to hobble around.
The Africans run something meaningful every day and you should too.
dsfsadfs wrote:
Too long, didn't read. Can you summarize briefly?
Basically just run moderately fast, but still comfortable, ("steady state") every day, and the claim is that over time this comfortable pace will drop, leading to faster times.
There was a time when not everyone really did hard/easy. Some did more along the lines of medium/medium, though with some variation as Farrell does. Of course it can work. It has worked.
I read this article a couple years ago. It has some good ideas about training, but you have to keep in mind that it's targeted at HS students - novices. Basic mileage every day is a good idea for a lot of new runners, and the local HS coach implements a similar approach. When more intense workouts start, the basic mileage day becomes the easy/recovery day. New runners could do a lot worse than take this approach. Eventually, though, more advanced runners will need some kind of periodization.
Cole of Cole's notes wrote:
dsfsadfs wrote:Too long, didn't read. Can you summarize briefly?
Running is not weightlifting so you should never be so torn down that you need to hobble around.
The Africans run something meaningful every day and you should too.
Thanks. I'm not sure I agree though, African distance runners have easy runs too. Maybe not twice a day every day though.