"I have slowly increased the volume of miles in my legs in Arthur Lydiard fashion. I've come across that plateau where I don't feel tired after successive days of running up to two hours a day. I've never had the chance to do that."
as the Brojos like to say, strength = speed.
Looks like you've arrived right on time
strength =/= speed
strength = a greater ability to maintain your speed as distance increases
thus with the ability to maintain speed over a given longer distance, one might say you are now faster, or even "speedier", over that longer distance. thus strength = speed i love what Canova said in a thread, something to the effect "when we improve endurance, we improve speed. the winner of the race at any given distance is the one who gets to the finish line first".
still waiting wrote:
strength =/= speed
strength = a greater ability to maintain your speed as distance increases
Renato also say: "We all have a limit to how much speed we can develop, but speed endurance can always be developed"
Willis matches up closely with Lagat (2008) at 800/1500 but with a 5000m best ~ 20 seconds slower -- achieved on more mileage,
Most any 3:30 1500m runner (who isn't overly muscled) should be 13' or faster 5000m on 50-80 miles/week.
vegan gluten-free xfit paleo wrote:
still waiting wrote:strength =/= speed
strength = a greater ability to maintain your speed as distance increases
thus with the ability to maintain speed over a given longer distance, one might say you are now faster, or even "speedier", over that longer distance.
thus strength = speed
i love what Canova said in a thread, something to the effect "when we improve endurance, we improve speed. the winner of the race at any given distance is the one who gets to the finish line first".
No
Your speed would be the same.
dsrunner wrote:
Willis matches up closely with Lagat (2008) at 800/1500 but with a 5000m best ~ 20 seconds slower -- achieved on more mileage,
Most any 3:30 1500m runner (who isn't overly muscled) should be 13' or faster 5000m on 50-80 miles/week.
I don't think he ever really focused on the 5000 before now, did he? Not exactly a fair comparison. He didn't even bother breaking 14 until 2 years ago.
still waiting wrote:
vegan gluten-free xfit paleo wrote:thus with the ability to maintain speed over a given longer distance, one might say you are now faster, or even "speedier", over that longer distance.
thus strength = speed
i love what Canova said in a thread, something to the effect "when we improve endurance, we improve speed. the winner of the race at any given distance is the one who gets to the finish line first".
No
Your speed would be the same.
That has never been my personal experience.
yeah Willis is a 5K noob. i suspect he'll bring the PR down. what is his 7'36" 3K worth? and for all we know he'd be running 13:35+ on low mileage.
Ho Hum wrote:
dsrunner wrote:Willis matches up closely with Lagat (2008) at 800/1500 but with a 5000m best ~ 20 seconds slower -- achieved on more mileage,
Most any 3:30 1500m runner (who isn't overly muscled) should be 13' or faster 5000m on 50-80 miles/week.
I don't think he ever really focused on the 5000 before now, did he? Not exactly a fair comparison. He didn't even bother breaking 14 until 2 years ago.
He ran 13:27 in college in 2005. But had only run one other serious one, a 13:29 before this season. He ran 13:20 in warm conditions at Occidental one second behind Rupp in May. The most he gets up to to is 80-90 a week with no workouts, just miles and strides.
What happened to that low mileage 10 hour training week he posted a couple years ago?
Aaron a Aaron wrote:
What happened to that low mileage 10 hour training week he posted a couple years ago?
That has never been the secret to success.
The true secret is the 2 hour run. Just spend lots of time on the road.
Do the Summer of Malmo!! Lydiard was a genius.