McMillian running calculator

I suggest the IAAF scoring tables for equivalent times rather than McMillian's calculator.

My Distance Coach wrote:

I suggest the IAAF scoring tables for equivalent times rather than McMillian's calculator.

I suggest not listening to anything Mcmillian says. Apperently he can not coach also.

LJK

My Distance Coach wrote:

I suggest the IAAF scoring tables for equivalent times rather than McMillian's calculator.

I suggest not listening to anything McMillan says. Apparently he cannot coach.

LJK

You beat me to it.

Can someone explain how to use the IAAF tables? Do you just pick you 3k time for instance, then scroll across and that should be what you can run in the 3k st, 2mile, 5k, and 10k?

Don't know about that, but I can say that the calculator is almost perfect for me between 400m and 5k (I am a long-distance type with "no" speed). For some of my mid-distance teammates, though, their predicted 5k time based on mile time is 30-40 seconds too fast (even when they are training for the 5k). It just depends on where your strengths lie, and just based on this anecdotal evidence there may be a bit of a slow-twitch bias.

McMillan's Calculator is one of the best I have seen. Not only are his predicted times very good, his workout paces are also right on. The OP is correct to look for trends in his own times when comparing them to the calculator. There are many reasons times may not line up exactly such as being at a different level of fitness when running different distances.

LKJ wrote:

My Distance Coach wrote:

I suggest the IAAF scoring tables for equivalent times rather than McMillian's calculator.

I suggest not listening to anything McMillan says. Apparently he cannot coach.

LJK

why are the majority of people on leta run so anti Greg McMillan and his coaching creditals, I don't know him personally but have email some training questions to him and his reponses were quite good, his elite team is relatively new so give them sometime to develop and really there recent race results are have been positive in my opinion for the type of training (base phase) they were doing

I am certain that many of the critics are former runners that have had personal experiences with Greg. He is a very pleasant guy that probably does a decent job with 2 and a half hour marathon types. He does a horrible job with sub 2:15 guys. I am speaking from experience. In about a year or so his current crew will all start to jump ship. It usually takes the women a little longer to catch on.

Of course we will never know who the bashers are because they hide behind their anonimity and never present any evidence of how they have been more successful with another coach.

His (McMillian) calculators are fairly good if you are a male between the ages of 20 and 39.

Do not use them if you are a female or masters runner.

He has started with a group that is slightly better than Hansons guys coming out of college. Let's sit back and see how these guys work out.