I do have a coach who watches my training wednesdays and Saturdays and he is a 3 time Olympic marathoner from back in the 80's
I do have a coach who watches my training wednesdays and Saturdays and he is a 3 time Olympic marathoner from back in the 80's
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I have no idea what you are trying to say in this post.
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Aerobic work has its place but it shouldn't be the focus of high school track.
How many Olympian 800m and 1500m runners were doing 15 mile runs in High school much less as freshman or middle school? Even 5 mile runs require some build-up. High school seasons basically have one to two weeks practice then they are in-season for two months so we are talking about in-season training for kids that have been running for a month. The drills and intervals build should build strength then the mileage can be increased. What happens is kids try to stay with the group on the "recovery days" of high mileage then have nothing for the intervals. I hear kids talking about how worthless the track work is and they are injured. The type of nonsense I've hear is this something like this mid-season week of workouts for freshman 400-800 runners:
M 9 miles
T 6x800m followed by 6x100m
W 6 miles hilly terrain
R 10x600m
F 6 miles
S meet or 90 minute run on their own
"Coaches" like this are bad for the sport. There are plenty of references -the post shown above is good.
This is the post where I have no idea what you are trying to say.
A 14 or 15 year old who has been running about a month total shouldn't be doing this workout. Most likely they will get injured. Most adult marathon training plans don't progress mileage to this level in the first month.
This workout does little to prepare them to run a 400m or 800m (see previously linked post)
Competent coaches give age,experience and event appropriate workouts.
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