Southside, I live in Gwinnett county and there are MANY hills to choose from. I usually run to a 400m hill about 3 miles from my house. I do the same type of circuit that Arthur's boys did. People on this board (Glenn Mc, Nobby, etc.) have helped me to refine my approach.
This particular hill works well because it has a nice 200m flat area at the top and a similar area at the bottom.
If you want a complete description of how I do the cicuits, just email me.
Thanks for the information.
Most of my training is done South of the airport, but
my long runs are usually in the city. We have hills
here also, but I'm looking for a more rural area that
I can access two or three times a week.
I saw the Lydiard presentation the day before the
ATL marathon so have a good visual of what he meant
by bounding,springing etc.
Glad to hear it helped your speed.
Southside: Glad you came to the Atlanta Lydiard seminar - I was the guy putting it on with Arthur. As a previous poster mentioned, Stone Mountain has hills-a-plenty. I'm not too familiar with running areas south of town, though.
there is so much horse poop posted on wetmore and his system on hear. go read about demi and jennifer and their
love lives at the grocery checkout lane. you can get more facts.
Joe
One main reason is because Lydiard actually presented a system that is simple and understandable and repeatable. Also if you look at the athletes he coached you can see that it worked. I have used a modified Lydiard all my career and it has never failed me.(modified to suit the situations I was in and the facilities, but not the base ideas)
The hills part is vital to the system because aftera winer the stride length and rhythm is usually different from that required on the track. The hills increase the dynamics of the stride and also get the athlete used to a higher knee likt. This is important for effciency when running faster speeds.