My coach said it was a thing milers did in the 70s where they would run regular distance runs like 30-60 minutes and then do one all out 400. Has anyone ever heard of this? What does it do and does it work?
My coach said it was a thing milers did in the 70s where they would run regular distance runs like 30-60 minutes and then do one all out 400. Has anyone ever heard of this? What does it do and does it work?
Ever heard of Warhurst?
I never knew it was a theory but I did this quite often. The end of the street I grew up on was exactly a 1/4 mile to the drive of my house and I would sprint that after a 7-10 miler. I could run it about the same pace I ran the last 1/4 of a mile race.
Yeah, I often get excited and hammer the last quarter or so of a run too. For me it's often the end of what I now hear people calling a "progression run."
If you do this, just make sure that you dont come to a sudden stop. The body does not like that. End whatever run you do with plenty of tapering down. Make sure you bring your heart rate down gradually.
In one of Peter Coe's books, he recommends finishing long runs with a quarter mile or so sprint. Apparently Seb used to do it.
Bell Lapper wrote:
If you do this, just make sure that you dont come to a sudden stop. The body does not like that. End whatever run you do with plenty of tapering down. Make sure you bring your heart rate down gradually.
You should tell that to virtually every single runner that finishes a race and stops right after the finish line.
Yes, its same concept of doing strides to work on economy
However, an all out 400 is unnecessary. Try doing multiple shorter strides (200 meters or less) instead.
This is a new running theory. Wow. This could revolutionize the sport. I wish I knew how it worked. But I know it works, because it brought me from being an overweight mailman to a normal weight mailman. This is what Alan Webb is missing.
In the summner season in High school we did our team morning runs together. The rule was we had to stay together as a team. So basically ran the the pace of the slowest runner. (probably 2 minutes per mile or so slower)
Toward the end of the run, coach would release us to do our own pace. This could be anywhere from 1.5 mile to 1/4 from the finish. ( probably averaged 3/4 mile out)Needless to say these became mini races.
In the preseason the benifits were immediatly apparent.
My teamate and I went 1rst and second in a four mile race, beating out 2 different California CIF champions. The season before I would have had zero percent chance of beating any runner at that level.
only with weight vests
I did this all the time in high school in the 70's and I ended up being just above average in HS - 2:00 880/16:30 3 mile xc/ 52 440/ 60 flat 10 mile/ 3:10 marathon.