I was just reading Once A Runner for about the 6th time and was wondering if anyone had heard of any good runners actually doing a workout this difficult and how it went. Although maybe no one does it now it made for a great chapter.
I was just reading Once A Runner for about the 6th time and was wondering if anyone had heard of any good runners actually doing a workout this difficult and how it went. Although maybe no one does it now it made for a great chapter.
If it ever will be a runner doing 60 x 400 at 63 sec I can tell you for sure.....He will be injured the same day! And it seems that a runner doesn`t need more then 20-25 x 400m at maxVO2-pace to reach best capacity.....
A superworkout would bee 20 x 400m at 60 sec with just about a min rest. If done at maxVO2-pace that would be a runner with world record pace in body!
I know what I`m talking about......
The Wizard
I only do 60x400 in 63 during base phase.
Coach J S I'm 58 1/2 yo male and on june 4th did 23x 400 @ avg 82 second with 200 jog = 90 seconds Recovery. Done on a very rainy wet day humidity 100% but temp about 75 degrees. What could I run for 10k this weekend actually 4th July day?
About 63 minutes.
Jim ryun?
It's a fartlek man. Don't overthink it. Elites do them all the time
15 miles at 4:12 pace, followed by a toilet bowl full of bloody urine. I don't see how anyone could think that's wise--or possible.
Quenton_Cassidy_is_a_beast wrote:
I was just reading Once A Runner for about the 6th time and was wondering if anyone had heard of any good runners actually doing a workout this difficult and how it went. Although maybe no one does it now it made for a great chapter.
Max King. Cornell. Barton Hall. 200s. Legend.
Did 41 x400 once and lived
I can confidently say no..... Part of being an elite with a very knowledgeable, experienced coach is structuring workouts so they are not wasting races in practice. 60x400 in 63 or the like is wasting a race(s) in practice.
I do not know anyone who has ever done this workout - Except the fictional Cassidy and his author - John Parker - who told me several years ago that did it just once and it took over 3 hours and a great deal of physical and emotional energy - we have discussed this within our Track group quite frequently but no one has yet to give it a try.
Zatopek
I am not sure about 60 x 400 in 63, but this guy Kipchoge once ran 105.4875 x 400 in 68.49 with no rest in between reps.
asdlfkjsdkfj wrote:
I can confidently say no..... Part of being an elite with a very knowledgeable, experienced coach is structuring workouts so they are not wasting races in practice. 60x400 in 63 or the like is wasting a race(s) in practice.
False news. Elites rarely race.
I do 5x18 miles.
Not gunna happen wrote:
asdlfkjsdkfj wrote:I can confidently say no..... Part of being an elite with a very knowledgeable, experienced coach is structuring workouts so they are not wasting races in practice. 60x400 in 63 or the like is wasting a race(s) in practice.
False news. Elites rarely race.
Exactly why they do not want to waste one of their rare races in practice....
i'm sure you can recall better since you just read it, but wasn't there a part in that chapter where it says he was just running them to finish, and he'd dropped off the goal pace of 63 or whatever?
Quenton_Cassidy_is_a_beast wrote:
I was just reading Once A Runner for about the 6th time and was wondering if anyone had heard of any good runners actually doing a workout this difficult and how it went. Although maybe no one does it now it made for a great chapter.
200 pride. Not sure what the point of that workout was, but it pretty epic.
I think your question is, has anyone fartleked a 1:10 half marathon?
The answer: I hope so. Half marathons need more lead changes.
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