I coach High School. Many of our athletes are holding on through the school year. Sleep decreases, stress levels rise. The slow steady wear down begins and by season end the school plague makes it way through the school.
So what if we train hard through the summer when stress is decreased and kids get more sleep. Then when the season hits focus on traditional summer fitness stuff: tempos, long runs, etc.
Can this work?
What exactly do you mean by train hard through the summer. If you mean that plan on having them do lots of intervals, then that could be risky. In my own experience, I have a limited amount of hard workouts in me over a relatively short period of time. This is why I am usually done by the end of track season. I do not handle racing and a lot of very hard, VO2 Max type workouts back to back very well. I would be careful doing this an just try and manage it better during the season. The most important aspect for high school distance runner's training is the long run in my opinion. I would build that up all summer with each runner and have them keep one throughout the season too depending on how they are feeling and performing.
No, this cannot work. If you build your aerobic base in season and do interval type stuff out of season your team will peak early. You'll crush everyone first meet, but fade dramatically by the end of the year.
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