First Powell took Kessler’s record. Next Powell will take Kessler’s place on the next Olympic team!
I am waiting for Hocker to run a 3:30 and get 4th so we can talk about the flaws of the US system. 🤣 who knows how the college/HS kids will progress over the next 3 years but the depth right now makes it one of the deepest US events. Gone are the days of 4 people with the time chasing 3 spots…
This is the Powell approach at UW, according to another thread:
hi hi wrote:
-Moderate mileage (70-80, although some go to 90)
-Tuesday workout: Aerobic in general. Sometimes long progression tempo, threshold reps, or 1k reps that cutdown from threshold —> 10k/5k range. Usually some turnover work after. Sometimes they tack on longer 5k/3k paced reps after.
-Friday workout: More specific. He is a fan of breakdowns. So things like sets of 600-400-200, 500-300-200, 400-300-200—not exactly this but the same idea. They usually start right off of 1500m pace and get faster every set. Every rep in a set is a little faster too. Sometimes he finishes with a big, fast rep (600, a 400, etc.) to work on closing. They often do a threshold 1600m or 1000m before to warmup more.
-Sunday long run: Sometimes normal, sometimes fast. Although I think these dudes are just fast in general, so maybe what seems fast to me is just their normal.
-Other days: pretty easy runs. Some doubles.
-From what I gathered, they don’t do a ton of 800m work or “lactate tolerance” or whatever. The breakdown stuff they do touches on it at the backend of the workout. These dudes run XC pretty good and are mostly trained as aerobic milers with not a ton of designated “V02 max” days. He combos it a lot along with threshold.
-He still uses a Vin Lanana double workout day too occasionally. Where on a Friday they do a tempo style workout in the AM and then something like 2x(5x300) in the PM or whatever.
Wouldn't surprise me if Owen is doing a lower-volume version of this.
This is the Powell approach at UW, according to another thread:
hi hi wrote:
-Moderate mileage (70-80, although some go to 90)
-Tuesday workout: Aerobic in general. Sometimes long progression tempo, threshold reps, or 1k reps that cutdown from threshold —> 10k/5k range. Usually some turnover work after. Sometimes they tack on longer 5k/3k paced reps after.
-Friday workout: More specific. He is a fan of breakdowns. So things like sets of 600-400-200, 500-300-200, 400-300-200—not exactly this but the same idea. They usually start right off of 1500m pace and get faster every set. Every rep in a set is a little faster too. Sometimes he finishes with a big, fast rep (600, a 400, etc.) to work on closing. They often do a threshold 1600m or 1000m before to warmup more.
-Sunday long run: Sometimes normal, sometimes fast. Although I think these dudes are just fast in general, so maybe what seems fast to me is just their normal.
-Other days: pretty easy runs. Some doubles.
-From what I gathered, they don’t do a ton of 800m work or “lactate tolerance” or whatever. The breakdown stuff they do touches on it at the backend of the workout. These dudes run XC pretty good and are mostly trained as aerobic milers with not a ton of designated “V02 max” days. He combos it a lot along with threshold.
-He still uses a Vin Lanana double workout day too occasionally. Where on a Friday they do a tempo style workout in the AM and then something like 2x(5x300) in the PM or whatever.
Wouldn't surprise me if Owen is doing a lower-volume version of this.
He is doing a lesser version of this. The Crater boys are doing like 60-70 mpw from what I have heard.