Well, it's no longer April Fool's Day. Feel free to let everybody know you got them good. Please.
Well, it's no longer April Fool's Day. Feel free to let everybody know you got them good. Please.
I did a 10k this past week wearing milers... am I going to die?
With all this genius he can still only run 4:30. That's not very fast.
Every time I read one of your threads I think that you will never be able to create a better one, yet you continue to amaze me. You just seem to get better and better. I know who I will be nominating for the 2007 Letsrun Poster of the Year!
the430miler wrote:
And coach, if you're reading this, I F***ED YOUR WIFE!!!!!1!!!!one!! .. back to the bar ...
stop stealing my username.
coach B, i appologize for the person that made this rude comment about spouse. that was uncalled for and highly offensive.
Chicago Area Runner wrote:
Every time I read one of your threads I think that you will never be able to create a better one, yet you continue to amaze me. You just seem to get better and better. I know who I will be nominating for the 2007 Letsrun Poster of the Year!
never underestimate the mental or physical powers within yourself or your opponents.
mainly, never underestimate yourself.
oh boy wrote:
You can't train your slow twitch muscle fibres without many hours of work per week.
well you can go train your slow twitch fibers whenever you're training to run a marathon.
slow twitch fibers are useless for the mile.
no, i find slowtwitch muscles in the mile work VERY well. They kick in at various points in the race, allowing pace to stay high. That is nice. Unless you're some kinda god who can sprint for a mile. But then, a 4:27 isnt much of a fast-twitch sprint pace.
my advice for the 430miler
i like your attitude...and you figured something out way before i did...base running is useless..just remember you are young, and you cant run elite times until your body matures...might take until you are 22-23. be pactient, have fun
430, how old are you, if i may ask?
I've got four runners faster than "the430miler" right now and we rarely did a workout faster than mile pace this winter.
i bet all your runners get outkicked at the end of races huh??
probably not because your kick at the end of your race is a function of your endurance, not your speed. If you have great endurance, you will be able to use your speed at the end of the race, instead of dying in the last straight away.
I hope your a chick
really, i disagree
so this "endurace" you have from long runs all of a sudden kicks in during that last straightaway. riiiighttttt
i would rather put my money on the coach who has his runner running race pace often.
the kick at the end of a race is an athletes ability to be comfortable at race pace enough so that he can still change gears.
do those coaches who pride themselves off of having their athletes run fast off of no race pace want a ribbon or something. there is no medal in track for "fastest finisher that trains without race pace"
cgsdg wrote:
i bet all your runners get outkicked at the end of races huh??
Are you paying attention? I've got four milers under 4:27. How worried about the kick do you think we are? We usually have races won by then. But since you asked, in state championship indoor races, when we do all our base, we haven't lost a race in the kick for the last two years.
I believe that this comes down to the ability to recruit your fast twitch muscle fibers while they are in a very acidic state (aka lots of H+).
Strength endurance circuits or lactate tolerance training.
the430miler, care to share your SAT scores?
faster than the430miler wrote:
no, i find slowtwitch muscles in the mile work VERY well. They kick in at various points in the race, allowing pace to stay high. That is nice.
You may be faster than the430miler, but your reasoning skills aren't better.
I'm not sure where the idea comes from that you have to use fast twitch glycolytic fibers exclusively during a mile race. I believe that many elites could run at close to 4:30 pace and still be almost 100% aerobic.
Having said that, let me point out that many young runners do overtrain, jumping into too much volume before their bodies are ready for it and see a subsequent stagnation or even decrease in race times.
I don't know that running a long run of 20 minutes is the answer, but somewhere in between steve scott and the wisdom of the 4:30 miler lies the truth for most people who contest the 4 lap event.