What's your point? This is proof that high milage isn't the only way to compete better and effective.
Great interview. Fam seems to really trust his coach and that probably has a lot to do with his success.
Hopefully he will move full-time to the 5k-10k.
Dauby wrote:
What's your point? This is proof that high milage isn't the only way to compete better and effective.
I think his point is that if he ran 250 mpw, he'd be cranking out 24:30s for 10K.
He said in an interview that he ran 20x400m in 63s with only 30s rest...if he stays healthy he should run 13:10 or even faster for 5k this year.
Once you do the lactate threshold work frequently mileage doesn't matter much. Remember Antonio gave example of a 13.15-guy just running 1 hr a day, but very very hard.
BUT 27.37 is good but it isn't world-class......maybe he could run 26.40 if he adds some easy running coming up to 100-120 miles a week.
Really? Is that how Meb set the AR?
This makes me think of Bob Kennedy's success when he cranked up to 120-130.
The portuguese runner running 13:15 and 8:20 steeple off 1h a day was Jose Regalo and he didn't run every day hard but 3 workouts and other days at moderate pace.
Meb ran his 5k and 10k PB off 80-90mpw, Kennedys 5k PB after 90-110mpw in winter/spring and 60-70mpw during track season.
How on earth do you define "world class"??? Is it nont world class to represent your country and/or go to the Olympics? In 2005 only 45 people in the world ran 27:37 or faster. Try to keep a grip on reality. We shouldn't be comparing every last runner to Bekele and Geb. What do you consider a world class marathon time, 2:05-2:06?
I wonder if he counts his morning runs. A lot of runners don't count them, as if they don't matter.
I read another interview where he stated that he was running 100mpw. Don't believe a word he says; very secretive. Fam acts like this free-spirit guy, but he is very calculating. He should double 10k/steeple because there is no way he can beat Dan Lincoln ever.
all it says is that to run that kind of time you need tens of thousands of miles behind you.
and keep in mind that the guys running a minute faster run 120-150 mpw.
Saying "What's your point?" makes you sound like a bastard.
Where'd you get your info on Kennedy running 90-110 before the '96 season? Here it says that before the '98 season, he ran as much as 140, with the bulk of it at 125-130.
Then running 75 at the beginning of the season and ending up the summer at 50.
Fam in mensracing.com interview from 2004:
"MR: Now that you're healthy, what has your training been like?
AF: It's huge. I used to only do…I used to be six weeks of 65 to 68 miles. That was my base. Now this year, 10 weeks, 85 to 100 a week. I did my first 100-mile week. It used to be, a 10-mile run, I'd be flat on my ass after that. Now, 16-, 18-mile runs, it's not a big thing. The other day, I did 20 x 400 in 63 with a 30-second rest, and that was my first track workout."
dfeg wrote:
Fam in mensracing.com interview from 2004:
"MR: Now that you're healthy, what has your training been like?
AF: It's huge. I used to only do…I used to be six weeks of 65 to 68 miles. That was my base. Now this year, 10 weeks, 85 to 100 a week. I did my first 100-mile week. It used to be, a 10-mile run, I'd be flat on my ass after that. Now, 16-, 18-mile runs, it's not a big thing. The other day, I did 20 x 400 in 63 with a 30-second rest, and that was my first track workout."
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MarathonMind wrote:
Where'd you get your info on Kennedy running 90-110 before the '96 season? Here it says that before the '98 season, he ran as much as 140, with the bulk of it at 125-130.
Then running 75 at the beginning of the season and ending up the summer at 50.
http://www.duathlon.com/articles/215
it was on dyestat.com, interview+log
I do not believe that anyone, including the very gifted, can run in the 27:30s on 65 miles a week. Maybe some genetic freaks can run in the mid 28s off that mileage, but under 28??? Highly doubtful.
Geb in his prime and Kenenisa.....Im sure they both could if 50 of those 65 were fast at altitude.