What made Juantorena so sick was that he trained as a 400 runner, running minimal mileage. Essentially, if he could run 44, 51 was a joke and no one could catch him with his mammoth stride . . . . except Wilson Boit who was stuck in the boycott and not present at Montreal.
BillCarr wrote:
What made Juantorena so sick was that he trained as a 400 runner, running minimal mileage. Essentially, if he could run 44, 51 was a joke and no one could catch him with his mammoth stride . . . . except Wilson Boit who was stuck in the boycott and not present at Montreal.
"What Juantorena calls his general training, from October through February, was designed to build up his overall stamina. He says that that training was tough. "We used to run on sand in hills, two times a day, up to 25 kilometers a day." (Sandrock "Running with the legends" p. 208.
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