Body of a muscular 800 meter runner except the legs. 100 meter speed is one of the worst in class. Getting beaten by female non runners at 400 meters but did well at long distance kayaking. What do you think is the best running distance and how should he train?
50km racewalk
Crew? The only Olympic medalist I ever coached was a tall, powerful slow-twitch individual who had the sense to leave running and switch to rowing. Bronze medal in the eight-oared event.
Basketball.
Fiars wrote:
Body of a muscular 800 meter runner except the legs. 100 meter speed is one of the worst in class. Getting beaten by female non runners at 400 meters but did well at long distance kayaking. What do you think is the best running distance and how should he train?
Ultra-marathons or just marathon. There's a million books or videos.
Fiars wrote:
Body of a muscular 800 meter runner except the legs. 100 meter speed is one of the worst in class. Getting beaten by female non runners at 400 meters but did well at long distance kayaking. What do you think is the best running distance and how should he train?
Same way everyone else trains.
Run. Sometimes speed up a little.
A mix of easy runs, progression runs and lots of short high turnover speed sessions. Mimic the sprint sessions a child does when playing backyard sports with their friends. This is where speed is developed in youth....it will take time to develop but can be done if consistent over time.
lease wrote:
Crew? The only Olympic medalist I ever coached was a tall, powerful slow-twitch individual who had the sense to leave running and switch to rowing. Bronze medal in the eight-oared event.
Yeah, Lol! But if he wants to run, I'd tell him to lay off the upper body weights, just do pushups and core stuff, and do some heavy squat work/hill sprints for the legs.