Is this true? What about prefontaine? I heard that while during the season it was interval based hard/easy, in the off season it was just jogging, or easy running. Anyone know what old school oregon guys did in the off season. The organization/clarification of historical information, not trying to train exactly like anyone.
If this is true you also have to understand that they were unbelievable athetes with amazing god given talent. While that may have worked for them. I more then likely will not work for the majority of us. To be honest with you. When they say they were jogging. It could have ment they were going a lot slower then you they are use to. That being said. Their slow could very well be light years faster then most of anyone else.
--Define "jogging."
A Duck wrote:
--Define "jogging."
I think this is exactly it. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere Pre would do most of his "normal" or "easy" running at 6 minute pace for 10 milers, which was probably quite easy for him, but not exactly what one might consider jogging.
Dellinger wrote Pre's workouts, not Bowererman.
I would train with some Oregon guys in the summers before heading back to my school and their 'jogging' pace would be around 6:00 to 6:15. These weren't even the top guys.
Who you callin' old, Willis?
What I think he means is, was their weekly schedule during the off season something to the effect of
M easy running
T easy running
W easy running
T easy running
F easy running
S easy running
S easy running
And if I understood correctly, he is interested in bowerman coached athletes AND prefontaine. Right?
anyway, I think it's interesting, any former ducks that might know?
A Duck wrote:
--Define "jogging."
I have no idea what oregon or pre did but jogging is defined as not leaving the ground i.e. your front foot hits the ground before your back foot raises. In running there is a point in the motion that you leave the ground with both feet at the same time. Almost no real runners actually jog they just run slowly except for very easy warm ups etc.
Bowerman wrote the book "Jogging" and I'm pretty sure his idea of jogging just means an easy run, not the half walk shuffle that people think of today. I'm pretty sure at the time running was expected to be done hard, and so jogging (running slow/easy) was pretty much a different activity all together.
once a duck wrote:
Dellinger wrote Pre's workouts, not Bowererman.
Bowerman taught Dellinger his system. Dellinger adapted it.