What should 800m guys be doing when scheduling double-days? Should they be focusing on miles in the morning and the harder interval/strength stuff in the evening or say, circuits in the morning running in the evening (tempo stuff/intervals)?
What should 800m guys be doing when scheduling double-days? Should they be focusing on miles in the morning and the harder interval/strength stuff in the evening or say, circuits in the morning running in the evening (tempo stuff/intervals)?
Morning work will vary depending on what training phase you are in. Be it preseason, early background, transition, what ever. It may also depend on what work your body can handle or needs at different stages of training. There's no real true answer, since every runners needs, capacility and coach are different. Head to the Track & Field News web site and take a look at several of the middle distance training books, there may yield your answer. I believe most of the books will lead you thru the different training phases and what is required in each development phase.
Over the years I have not seen to many 800 meters runners hitting it too hard in the AM in the U.S. Euro's hit it in the AM's, but not here in the states. Must U.S 800m men do easy milage, with one or two days per week of drill sets including a short set of easy 60m or 100m at race pace. Again it all depends on the training phase Etc. I never liked hard am work or I should say my body never liked it saving all track work for the PM, except sets of 8-10 60m or 100meter sprints at 800 race pace during the pre & racing season. During the buildup periods I always hit two days of 60-100 meter pick-ups in the AM, no faster than 80%. Another question would be your age, be it high school, college or older. If your high school, don't try to train like the world class studs, Nils Schummann or Seb-coe. They developed over years of training. To many questions and few answers here, sorry. Even with all the track guys on letsrun.com you may have to find that answer out yourself, what works for you. Hit the books and look at all the different training theories.
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a witness to the method that Ned Brooks took when he was running well, in the 1:46.5 range if i recall, he put minor emphasis on the cross country season and raced with the rest of the team but would not log huge mileage but for any 800m runner i would say that he was fairly high. i would think he got up to around 55-65 miles a week. he would stick to the basic 3-5 mile a.m. run and a slightly longer run in the p.m. during the indoor season he would do an a.m. run about 2-3 days a week with intense track session in the p.m. he was a great mix of strength and speed though.
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