coeclub wrote:
I think the fact is not how much milage he ran. The key is he trained at 5 paces in sessions year round + good milage + plyos + lots of weights + stretching.
I doubt the year round aspect
coeclub wrote:
I think the fact is not how much milage he ran. The key is he trained at 5 paces in sessions year round + good milage + plyos + lots of weights + stretching.
I doubt the year round aspect
Hello Ludwig,
talking about Coe will lead to coaching legend Frank Horwill. Feed Google and read about Horwill's 800m training because he had Coe in mind. Start with an article from Horwill on "richwoodstrack.com".
Quote:
"But where did Coe get his amazing endurance from? The answer came to me in 1986 when I went to Battersea Park Track one Saturday morning with a 13:11 5K performer to do a session of 7 x 800 at 5K speed with 45secs rest. The rep times were fixed at 2mins.08secs because the 5K runner was returning to fitness after injury. Coe was on the track and came across and asked what we were doing and could he join in? I felt a little apprehensive that an acknowledged 800/1500m runner would not survive a 5K pace session with a short recovery. The 800s went like this: 2:08, 2:06, 2:04, 2:02, 2:00, 1:58 and 1:56! Coe led them all. Afterwards, he confessed that he did a 5K pace session at 13:20 speed each week. I ventured the opinion that he could run a good 5K anytime. He agreed, but said he didn't like the event! It is doubtful whether any 800m runner before or since could have completed such a session in such times."
Here's a book written by his dad/coach:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1852239972?ref=ppx_pt2_dt_b_prod_image