Hello, I just finished reading Keith Livingston's Healthy Intelligent Training, and am a bit confused about the type of fartlek Lydiard advocated during the base period. Could someone clarify what they are for me?'
Thanks
Hello, I just finished reading Keith Livingston's Healthy Intelligent Training, and am a bit confused about the type of fartlek Lydiard advocated during the base period. Could someone clarify what they are for me?'
Thanks
Excuse me sir, Arthur did nothing of the kind. He was a gentleman. Take your potty-mouth somewhere else.
What types of fartlek are there? During base training, Lydiard advocated Easy Fartlek Running. They shouldn't make you tired. From a lecture at the Lydiard foundation:
Easy Fartlek Running means easy "speedplay". Running over undulating areas, if possible, mixing in some fast stride-outs, hill sprints, downhill striding, sustained runs for a minute or two, or whatever you feel like doing, without tiring yourself too much by taking easy jogging intervals whenever you feel like it.
Strong Fartlek Running is similiar to the easy fartlek, however, it is used to develop the anaerobic capacity to exercise and you should finish in a tired state.
Pick an object in the distance. Run faster to it.
rekrunner wrote:
What types of fartlek are there? During base training, Lydiard advocated Easy Fartlek Running. They shouldn't make you tired. From a lecture at the Lydiard foundation:
Easy Fartlek Running means easy "speedplay". Running over undulating areas, if possible, mixing in some fast stride-outs, hill sprints, downhill striding, sustained runs for a minute or two, or whatever you feel like doing, without tiring yourself too much by taking easy jogging intervals whenever you feel like it.
Strong Fartlek Running is similiar to the easy fartlek, however, it is used to develop the anaerobic capacity to exercise and you should finish in a tired state.
You were doing well until you mentioned anaerobic capacity.
Can we just avoid the pretentious bollocks and focus on powerful running sustained for longer and longer periods?
There's a good 2 hour recording of Lydiard that explains his training methods, and he backs it up with funny stories.
http://www.budwinter.com/audio/
He goes in detail the theory behind his high mileage "tireless state" theory, and how it doesn't kill speed. He also thinks how Americans are over racing and over doing it with too many anaerobic intervals.
PRIMEtime wrote:
There's a good 2 hour recording of Lydiard that explains his training methods, and he backs it up with funny stories.
http://www.budwinter.com/audio/He goes in detail the theory behind his high mileage "tireless state" theory, and how it doesn't kill speed. He also thinks how Americans are over racing and over doing it with too many anaerobic intervals.
So lemme get this straight - The recording is of Lydiard talking, and this Bud Winter is charging $24.95 for it? What a slimeball.
Wait, I looked up Bud Winter and he died in 1985. So who is the dude that runs BudWinter.com and profits from other people's names & speeches/knowledge?
These aren't my words but direct quotes. When the question is "what did Lydiard advocate?", the best answer is to provide his words, on his terms, in his context. It would be pretentious of me to attempt to replace Lydiard's words, or otherwise attempt to alter the meaning of what he advocated.Powerful sustained running is not fartlek. We should not focus on that here.
cabana wrote:
You were doing well until you mentioned anaerobic capacity.
Can we just avoid the pretentious bollocks and focus on powerful running sustained for longer and longer periods?