If you got any information about Seb Coes training, please tell me, that would be awesome. He was the perfect 800m runner. The record run 1:41,73 was outstanding. Without a real pacemaker, it was a great performance.
I know some things about him, 40 times 100m uphill with 15/16% grade. Or 6 times 300 in about 37/38 sec.
I also got his last 6 weeks before the olympic games in Los Angeles.
The best information is in Coe/Martin "Better training for distance runners". If you ask people on Letsrun, in will only start a meaningless debate over how many miles a week Seb REALLY ran.
Mostly hard tempo running when doing miles in the winter. 15 mile long run. Speedwork year round. Long hill reps at beginning of training cycle. 6x800 reps at hard pace on road before transition to track work in the spring.
He just ramped the intensity of his training up and focused more on race pace efforts than most.
He also used weights and calisthenics/plyometrics.
Coe's plyometrics programme while he was a student at Loughborough university:
short video of Coe doing his 6 x 800m reps
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid376819151
click on arrow top right (next)
then click old school
2nd from bottom click play Seb Coe on training
Other atricles about seb coe, that would be brilliant!
Training of Sebastian Coe
Never ran more than 90km a week -(Coe never logged warm ups/down as mileage)
Trained extensively with weights during winter
Focussed on aerobic capacity training at 5000m pace to build aerobic endurance
Training at 18 years of age (1500m 3:45; 3000m 8:14):
Example 1:
Sunday A.M. 5 miles easy; P.M. 30 x 100m on slight hill
Monday 7 miles easy
Tuesday 7 x 800m
Wednesday 11 miles easy
Thursday A.M. 1 x (400m + 300m + 200m + 150) P.M. 3 miles easy
Friday 4 x 1200m, 10 x 150m
Saturday A.M. 30 x 100m on slight hill. P.M.4 miles easy
Sunday 7 x 400m
Monday 7 miles easy
Tuesday A.M. 4 miles easy. 10 x 100m
Wednesday 3 miles easy
Thursday 1500m race in 3:50
Friday A.M. 4 miles easy P.M. 1 x (200m + 400m + 300m + 200m)
Saturday A.M. 4.5 miles easy.; P.M. 20 x 200m
Sunday 1 x (100m + 300m) + (2 x 400m)
Monday A.M. 5 miles easy. P.M. 5 miles easy.
Tuesday 5 miles easy.
Wednesday 3000m race in 8:14.2
Example 2:
A.M. Work with weights. P.M. 8 miles easy.
Monday A.M. 4 miles easy. P.M. 20 x 200m in 28 sec.
Tuesday A.M. 4 miles easy. P.M. 4 x 400m + 1 x 1600m
Wednesday 4 x 150m in 18 sec, 3 x 300m in 41 sec, 1 x 400m
Thursday A.M. 4 miles easy. P.M. 10 x 400m in 60 sec.
Friday Weight work
Saturday 7 x 800m in 2:10 average
Sunday AM 1 x 200m + 400m + 200m + 300m + 4 x 100m PM 6 miles easy
Monday 4 miles easy
Tuesday A.M. 4 miles easy. P.M. strides to loosen legs
Wednesday 1500m race in 3:45
Coe ran quite a bit more than that:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=884832&page=0
"I was doing about a 100 miles a week in twice daily sessions back then."
I know he did. The training I quoted was when he was 18. I too have Better Distance and have read the 3 biographies.
That is not a credible source man!!! That is just some high mileage runner coming on the board and saying he talked to seb coe and that is what he said. Now b/c of that bs source, seb coe is quoted as being a "100mpw training 2xa day runner." He prob was training 2xday, but 100mpw, come on.
I also doubt he ran so many miles - he was focused on tempo runs - that is described in his fathers book about middle distance running. The target has been not to run miles which do not improve his performance. The 5pace Theory was the main thing about his training and his incredible strength. Look the way he ran his 1000m world record (2:12,1) That was one of the best races I have ever seen in my life. Pure strength after 600m got him the record.
Uphill running till he threw up, circuit training, weight lifting, 800m runs on the roadand his fathers car as a pacemaker, not to run thousands of miles. Steven Ovettran in contrast to that more than 100miles a week. Big difference between those two runners.
I think Coe has choosen the more effective way. He was more than 20 Years ahead concerning the training philosophy. Look at El Guerrouj he adopted Coes training, and ran 3:26min. As a n 800m runner miles are not the key it is the capability to hold a really high pace a long time.
According to Marius Bakken´s site, El Guerroj ran up to 200 km on some weeks, with an average of around 160 km in the winter.
Ian Stewart said that Coe ran up to 100 miles per week.
And I actually read that thread from way back: the OP spent years arguing/believing Coe ran much less (he says as much if you actually read that thread).
watch out wrote:
According to Marius Bakken´s site, El Guerroj ran up to 200 km on some weeks, with an average of around 160 km in the winter.
Yeah, while it's true that el Guerrouj did Coe-like hill repeats and 300m track intervals, Abdelkader Kada says that during most of the year el G actually trained more like a 10,000m runner than a miler.
Thank Yall for the good threads and videos. Coe is one of my heroes and this got me inspired. Thanks![quote]Rorkes Drift wrote:
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I suggest reading "Born to Run".
Not sure if it's still in print. It's a great read though and talks about a lot of his training.
You should try to get hold of the video also entitled Born To Run. You will see the 800m reps along the Rivelin Valley Road into Sheffield per the above link and also see Coe doing short hill reps with jog down recovery. If you stop the video at the right moment you will also glimpse Peter Coe's training diary open with a month of 5 pace sessions.
brief clip re Coe posted recently on youtube