Without knowing what they have done all season or in the past it is hard to say. And when you hear 3-8k I am not sure how accurate any of the numbers are…
Doing SOME tempo/threshold running in the cooldown can help clear lactate out of your system but 8k would be CRAZY. Kara didn't think they did that much but says she thought it was at least 3k.
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This commentary makes no sense and some of this critique is probably inspired by her own Salazar coaching errors .
Look you have 10+ guys entered w <3:30 capability and several world 1500 champions in the field Habz and Koech out early…
So if Hocker disqualified himself, Kerr is injured and Ingebrigtsen decides to sandbag the first round to set up his 5000 it’s Wightman who becomes the true favorite.
Laros will have a great career and there’s certainly room for training improvements but he made no serious blunders other than running to the outside of his training partner and perhaps not pushing harder earlier.
Closing hard workouts with threshold efforts isn't uncommon, it keeps the hard efforts in check and is supposed to help clear lactate out of the system faster than recovery pace. Wouldn't be surprised if a few mins of threshold is part of that group's standard cooldown.
That said, extended threshold work after a WC heat feels like a different thing altogether lol. Stuff that sounds crazy to regular people is normal for elites, but if the volume and intensity made Kara raise an eyebrow I think that's pretty telling
Yeah I’m gunna go ahead and discard the comment from Kara altogether unless I see or hear another source confirming it. Kara makes mistakes all the time on the podcast. When previewing USAs she didn’t even know Lexy Halladay-Lowry’s name. Anybody who has a running podcast previewing the steeple at the U.S. champs and claims to follow the sport should know who she is. Point is, she could have mixed up Laros with Jakob, which make a LOT more sense. Or maybe it was 3-8 MINUTES not k’s.
Closing hard workouts with threshold efforts isn't uncommon, it keeps the hard efforts in check and is supposed to help clear lactate out of the system faster than recovery pace. Wouldn't be surprised if a few mins of threshold is part of that group's standard cooldown.
That said, extended threshold work after a WC heat feels like a different thing altogether lol. Stuff that sounds crazy to regular people is normal for elites, but if the volume and intensity made Kara raise an eyebrow I think that's pretty telling
I've seen good but not top (sub 8 3k) NCAA runners run something like 4-5x 1k at 5:10 pace (3:13 or so) a bit after a race. But 8k of volume is insane. Especially considering the rounds...
Doing SOME tempo/threshold running in the cooldown can help clear lactate out of your system but 8k would be CRAZY. Kara didn't think they did that much but says she thought it was at least 3k.
Doing SOME tempo/threshold running in the cooldown can help clear lactate out of your system but 8k would be CRAZY. Kara didn't think they did that much but says she thought it was at least 3k.
Huh? Science?
"Blood lactate clearance during active recovery after an intense running bout depends on the intensity of the active recovery".
"Blood lactate clearance during active recovery after an intense running bout depends on the intensity of the active recovery".
Right, so if threshold = fastest pace where blood lactate plateaus but does not increase, then a pace that clears lactate would have to be slower than threshold.
"Blood lactate clearance during active recovery after an intense running bout depends on the intensity of the active recovery".
Right, so if threshold = fastest pace where blood lactate plateaus but does not increase, then a pace that clears lactate would have to be slower than threshold.
You're thinking of Anerobic threshold or LT2.
This would be Aerobic threshold or LT1.
Mike Smith's group commonly ends anerobic workouts with a "flush mile" at T pace. This faster but still aerobic running clears excess lactate faster than a slow jog.
Yeah I’m gunna go ahead and discard the comment from Kara altogether unless I see or hear another source confirming it. Kara makes mistakes all the time on the podcast. When previewing USAs she didn’t even know Lexy Halladay-Lowry’s name. Anybody who has a running podcast previewing the steeple at the U.S. champs and claims to follow the sport should know who she is. Point is, she could have mixed up Laros with Jakob, which make a LOT more sense. Or maybe it was 3-8 MINUTES not k’s.
Bad post.
She literally saw them in person.
Jakob doesn't train with Laros's group, duh.
Pretty hard to confuse Laros, Cheruiyot and Nillson with another group of three runners, lol.
And she is very explicit that her estimates are km, not minutes. (Did you even watch the clip??)
I've seen good but not top (sub 8 3k) NCAA runners run something like 4-5x 1k at 5:10 pace (3:13 or so) a bit after a race. But 8k of volume is insane. Especially considering the rounds...
You've seen people do this the day BEFORE the final of their main event??
Seems like a bad idea. As shown by Laros being a non-factor with no kick in the final...
Right, so if threshold = fastest pace where blood lactate plateaus but does not increase, then a pace that clears lactate would have to be slower than threshold.
You're thinking of Anerobic threshold or LT2.
This would be Aerobic threshold or LT1.
Mike Smith's group commonly ends anerobic workouts with a "flush mile" at T pace. This faster but still aerobic running clears excess lactate faster than a slow jog.
OK, if you want to call a pace "T pace", that's generally Jack Daniels (RIP) T pace. And Jack Daniels T pace is LT2.