Lydiard Question

Snell (who famously had a ten-week base period with slightly over 1,000 miles in it) said that he counted every running step in his totals.

From what I've heard, very few of Lydiard's guys *consistently* did 100M in "main" sessions plus 4-6 hours of "supplementary jogging."

yes, thats correct, Lydiard's runners were putting in close to 140 mpw, some over. A lot of runners who take their running seriously still put in that kind of volume or even more. Then there are others who are sure that 80 mpw is "high mileage".

Depended on the runner. Snell didn't handle distance well and more often than not, as mentioned, got his 100 in more than one daily run.

Most of the rest of them didn't get as high as 145, though they might have on occasion. Barry Magee was usually around 120-130. Bill Baillie was in that vicinity. Ray Puckett might have gotten toward 140 or so somewhat regularly and later, Richard Tayler was around 150-160. Of the original group, Jeff Julian was by far the mileage champ. He would total around 2,000 miles during his ten week build up sometimes running a marathon before work in the morning and another 10-15 miles in the evening.

But remember that they did this for 10-12 weeks and then moved on.

HRE wrote:

Depended on the runner. Snell didn't handle distance well and more often than not, as mentioned, got his 100 in more than one daily run.

Most of the rest of them didn't get as high as 145, though they might have on occasion. Barry Magee was usually around 120-130. Bill Baillie was in that vicinity. Ray Puckett might have gotten toward 140 or so somewhat regularly and later, Richard Tayler was around 150-160. Of the original group, Jeff Julian was by far the mileage champ. He would total around 2,000 miles during his ten week build up sometimes running a marathon before work in the morning and another 10-15 miles in the evening.

But remember that they did this for 10-12 weeks and then moved on.

I sure wish people would focus on the other phases of Lydiard's training.....particularly the peaking.

Also, Richard Tayler was trained by Alistair McMurran.

I am in fact interested in other parts of the training. I just find that much mileage to be putting in to be very interesting.

Tayler was coached by both McMurran and Lydiard.