Sub 1:10 Half Marathon Training

Good that you're happy.

I wouldn't be happy being coached by a proven scammer and liar, but the main thing here is that you are happy.

All the best.

Today this morning Riccardo executed a nice 20 x 400 @ 69 sec and 60 sec easy walk rest..

I wanted to test out if he could handle this faster pace as I thought he was capable of ( with 60-90 sec easy walk rest) and he delivered up to expectation. I see he is already now ready for the goal ,a sub 1:10 half, but good we have three more weeks of training and then race week tapering preparations. So far, so very good. :)

Another fine workout by Riccardo. LT interval 15 x 1000m at 3:14- 3:15 min and 90 sec rest. I see he already is ready to run sub 1: 10 but good we have a couple more weeks to sharpen up ....another thing I saw checking his Strava is that he had very good stamina/ endurance before my coaching running races of 80- 100 km ( 50 - 60 miles )strong.! For me it's easy to just put on sharpened speed.....💪🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️

A nice Specific long run by Riccardo again last Saturday. 1 hour 40 min easy @ 4:02 min / km followed directly of 15 min at 3:19 min/ km. Was very hot ( 28 - 30 +C ) at finish of the workout so very strong to run 15 min at 3:19 / km to finish.

Nice. Now tells us why he ran 1:14 (1:16 with the extra distance).
Your "magic" is working again. You never fail to fail.

Why the silence, JS?

Walking rest is good in the early phases, but in the late phases the workout shood be aerobic, so no any standing/walking rest, need jogging... so no "Canova funnel", quantity will not convert to quality, same with LT intervals, rest to be never walking or standing, only jogging proper time duration... by my experience with Dancan system, I could make 20x400 @ 67-68 with same standing rest at 60sec (pulse drop to 120bpm) , but 10km race ran only by 36min... JS, your method must be changed and modified, many runners prooved it, including myself...

One can build into it like 20x 400m @goal HM pace with standing/walking rest.Then progressing into same but with easy jog rest,and at the end with 200m brisk float.

The fast part is fixed so not going faster if one feels good. The rest is manipulated.

The other weekly workout can be 1000m or 2000m repeats one week,and continous tempo at other week. (can be even progressive tempos in the beginning phase or when felt drained)

Easy explanation . He got sick and now try to recover from that. He will be back.

Well,Canefis, the big difference between Riccardo and you is that he was ready to run 69 sec at 20 x 400m with 60 sec rest, you were not .I can ensure you your pulse couldn't drop to 120 bpm in 60 sec slow walk running 20 x 400m at 69 sec. If you ,like me , remember how you did your try for 20x 400m at the track you 'fired of ' a crazy 64 sec at the first rep .....besides you didn't tell me before the DANCAN system that you had a foot injury that later stopped you. 🧙‍♂️

As usual, there's an excuse. Always the same. Bad results and excuses.

Are we convinced this isn't just another instance of JS creating an alias and having a conversation with himself? Based on the grammar of the supposed posts by Riccardoyaya, I think that there's a decent chance of that.

In any event, why don't you take this to a different post JS? This actually turned out to be a pretty good thread, and we don't need to burden it for those who search it in the future with pages of back and forth.

Come link the newly-started thread on this thread if you ever get this athlete to sub 70.