too hot wrote:
Coach Jeff ROC wrote:
So amateur=unfinished aerobic house occupant? If the aerobic house is still under construction, one should not engage in Canova training, but one could engage in Canova-esque training?
If your aerobic house is still under construction, finish building it. That should be everyone’s number one priority, regardless of what “esque” you use.
Canova’s athletes don’t all the follow the same schedule because they run different events and every runner is different but the philosophy is the same. Extension, modulation, top quality, funnel....upon a completed aerobic house.
Modifying individual workouts is not what makes a system “Canova-esque” or Daniels-esque. It has to be a serious departure from one of the system’s core beliefs. Canova himself is very insistent on the point we have been making here about the aerobic house.
We are all students of the sport here. This discussion matters because we we may understand Canova principles but it is equally important to understand when or how to apply them.
I feel like this is constructive, feel free to move it to the new week's thread if that works better.
So is what you are saying someone is better off doing 150 minute runs at a moderate effort every week vs something like 5 x 2 miles w/ 800 meter float at marathon pace? I think the 5 x 2 mile can do just as much for building the "aerobic house" as the moderate 20. I guess I don't see how fast long runs and marathon pace variations are going against building the aerobic house, as both are high end aerobic work. And also, the Canova fast long run is more or less a Lydiard-esque run in itself.
Not at all trying to be disagreeable, just trying to learn. Let's keep this going.