Tin wrote:
What's jk s training then?
JK in a nutshell:
"The ingredients for making the most out of your talent are consistency, high mileage with a focus on high-end aerobic running, a proper transition to hard track training, a limited amount of VERY HARD training, and an overpowering desire to MAKE yourself into the runner you want to be.
When you DO train intensely (and when you race), you must be willing to REALLY HURT BAD to achieve your goals. I mean go to the sludge at the bottom of the well. However, I've seen numerous elite runners (most from the 1970s) do this kind of hard training and can say with no hesitation that I've also witnessed countless high school nobodys who have trained every bit as hard relative to their own fitness levels as any elite runner I've ever seen. The difference is that the HSers don't HAVE much fitness either because they simply have less natural aerobic capacity or (more often) because they spend MOST of their time doing the hard track training and they ignore the base work and transition work.
The "secret" you're looking for is the high-volume, high-end aerobic base training. Without that, you won't ever reach your personal summit. You may be so gifted that you still turn out awesome compared to most others, but you won't be the BEST you COULD be."