Canefis wrote:
Who wants some statistics:
Ukrainian athletes are strong in 5000m,
Russian athletes are strong in HM
I do not mean by WR, but by quantity of fastest runners. This is official statistic which you can easily google.
Maybe this is due to the Soviet methodology of training in running? I'm honestly not much notified about this, I recently found out about it...
I remember I once read about a Soviet scientific experiment where they had the runners do
training in singles , doubles and up to 4-5 sessions per day. They found out that the runners doing single easy runs gained at least the same aerob effect as the runners doing doubles or more.This is one of the reasons why e.g Yuki Kawauchi could run a 2:08 marathon on just singles and e.g Bernard Lagat could run his great times from (800) 1500m up to the marathon on just mostly singles per day.