Jgt11 wrote:
Hobbs Kessler actually talked about how when he dropped to 60 minutes of threshold a week for racing season he started to feel worse in the 1500 and is now making sure he keeps 90 minutes as his minimum.
I know for myself I don't need much anerobic work to be ready for a 1500, but do need some neuromuscular prep which can be accomplished purely with just a few 100m and maybe 200m strides, either at the end of a threshold session or an easy day.
With a solid warmup (800-1k of threshold and strides) my aerobic system is so primed that a 1500/mile race doesn't feel anaerobically limited (as long as I don't go out too hard)
Thank you. I agree. Also the warmup I think is vastly underrated for 1500 and Marius Bakken said he used to run a 2k at subT before races (even 5k I guess).
I think strides and rhythm 100s and 200s will get you there mechanically. Question is how many, how often and whether it's better to do them after an easy session or after a subtT session. In the muscle tone framework, I think after subT is better in theory. Searched for this in Bakken's book but I didn't find clear answers. I just skimmed through BTW.
Longer fast reps after shortened subT sessions could be useful but way more risky, and there is the fact that although minimally you are eating into subT volume. I'd say they make more sense psychologically than physiologically.
The overarching idea for middle distance on NSM could be once again: minimal effective dose of stimuli, minimal risk, sustainability and flat load. So you do your 3x subT + 3x easy + 1x easy long and add rhythm 100s and/or 200s somewhere.
How many, how often and whether on easy or subT days still TBD