Any extreme slow twitch training advice, stories, mutterings

Bill Rodgers was a slow twitcher. His training logs are online.... just lots of miles, doubles, rolling hills vs. flats, races, not too many hard workouts (and not monsterous workouts compared to what you read by elite Americans today). Does what he feels, takes time off when sick as a dog, consistency.

http://www.bunnhill.com/bobhodge/Rodgers/traininglogs/br76traininglog.htm

57-61 isn't extreme slow twitch. That kind of pace involves a lot of fast oxidative fibers, of which we all have a large number.

yeah I

jaguar1 wrote:

Bill Rodgers was a slow twitcher. His training logs are online.... just lots of miles, doubles, rolling hills vs. flats, races, not too many hard workouts (and not monsterous workouts compared to what you read by elite Americans today). Does what he feels, takes time off when sick as a dog, consistency.

http://www.bunnhill.com/bobhodge/Rodgers/traininglogs/br76traininglog.htm

Yeah his awesomeness to me was his willingness to race/train with anybody, anyone, any distance before winning his first Boston. Just go toe to toe with 400m runners! If I remember correctly. His autobiograpghy is at

under first marathons. Love his stories about Frank Shorter and other guys on the race circuit.

Yes, his autobiography is 'fantastic'! I have it underlined, highlighted... love his tips about hill training/racing. The guy put everything into his racing (~trained to race, and race a lot), something we can learn from. The culture/mindset back then was, "Hey, this guy ran <2:10, I train with him, so I can do that too!"

Ron Daw's The Self-Made Olympian is another good example.