Hi everyone.
Do any of you still train using the Hadd Method? I used to and done quite well with it? I have just started again and it would be good to hear from other runners who also train this way.
Hi everyone.
Do any of you still train using the Hadd Method? I used to and done quite well with it? I have just started again and it would be good to hear from other runners who also train this way.
In case anyone is looking for what he is talking about.
https://www.angio.net/personal/run/hadd.pdf
I have never heard of this kind of training but seems to be pretty much HR based after looking at it.
I feel like it might be a bit over complicated but again I have never heard of this.
So Hadd schedule example:
Mo (8m @ 145)
Tu (10m @160)
We (12m@145)
Th (14m@145-150)
Fr (8m @ 160)
Sa (12m @ 150)
Su (2hrs @ 150 incl: 60 mins @ 160)
Isn't less complicated to say:
Mo (8m @ easy)
Tu (10m Workout)
We (12m@ easy)
Th (14m@ Medium with progression if feeling good)
Fr (8m workout)
Sa (12m @ Medium)
Su (2hrs @ 150 incl: 60 min pick up @ marathon pace in the middle)
Just my take
It is one thing trying to run within a HR zone, but trying to run at an exact hr is difficult, especially if your training area is hilly. Trying to keep an exact stable hr for the duration of a run is tricky. You would have to keep your watch to your face all the time.
I’m doing the 80mpw week from his plan now to get back into shape after some really bad asthma attacks just destroyed my fitness
IanJ wrote:
Hi everyone.
Do any of you still train using the Hadd Method? I used to and done quite well with it? I have just started again and it would be good to hear from other runners who also train this way.
This lengthy anecdote wasn't Hadd's "real" training, but only just the beginning -- what needed to be done, only for those athletes with a "loose relation" between various performances as the distances got longer, to build the aerobic foundation necessary in order to begin the "real" training.
This sounds like a much more practical version of Maff.