often times when talking of building a strong summer base, dellinger's methods are referred to on how they can build speed out the back door etc. anybody know where i can find information on dellinger's philosophy/program?
often times when talking of building a strong summer base, dellinger's methods are referred to on how they can build speed out the back door etc. anybody know where i can find information on dellinger's philosophy/program?
oregon
Some Dellinger trained runners at Oregon can speak more clearly about this. XC season was used as a base for track. Oh yea, they loved xc and won, but it was used for track. When it came to the interval training in track it was very simple. Take your date pace and run longer intervals for the earlier part of the season while at the same time run some shorter intervals at goal pace. Eventually you are running longer intervals at goal pace. I know that there is a lot more to it, but that is a piece.
That's pretty much it in a nutshell. I took a running PE class from Dellinger back in the day and that's what he preached. Run twice a day, date pace/race pace intervals, long run. One mile periodic time trials to determine your date pace (your present shape). It's a moderate approach to training.
Of course, when I was there, throw into the mix the fact that the late 70's Salazar/Chapa crew were also cold-blooded competitors all the time so every run became a race. A survival of the fittest contest, basically.
Bill Dellinger wrote to books about training, so you can buy either one.
Basically, if your a distance runner, you run moderately high mileage, but nothing extreme, do fartleks and slower long intervals in the off-season. During the racing season, you gradually do more and more interval work at race pace and faster. There is no drastic bump in intensity, rather a smooth transition over the weeks and months until the peak race or races arrives. In the last few weeks you run more at goal pace. Date pace, by the way, is slower than your current race pace by a little bit. For example, a miler will time trial a mile by running for 1300m at 3/4th effort and then sprint the last ~310 meters. The overall time is typically about 3 seconds per lap slower than all-out. So, the majority of date-pace intervals are not fast but rather controlled.
what are the titles of those books and do you know where i could find them?
The Competitive Runner's Training Book
published 1984
Who was the last American to get an Olympic medal in the 5000? damn... 39 years... maybe it's not 'our' event.....
coach dellinger also wrote "the running experience" with blaine newman and warren morgan. newman and morgan wrote and took pictures for the register-guard, respectively.
he wrote "winning running" with george beres who was the sports information director at the university of oregon.
He also has a video. It is really good and explains the Date Pace/Race Pace training. Track and Field News should have it on sale - on line.