Mind... Blown!!! wrote:
I came across this gentleman's site awhile back and was blown away by some of his claims. Starting with this one:
http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Tempo_Runs
Where he claims Tempo Runs are ineffective.
He makes a few other fun claims too, on different threads. Among them are...
- Running 3 or 4 days per week is optimal, even for elites (in his marathon training program comparison where he decides RUN SMART is one of the best choices because of this)
- HIIT is king
Anyway, I thought I'd throw this out there for you piranhas
Don't know 'bout this wrote:
The guy's an ultra runner. Tempos probably very ineffective for 100 milers over the river and through the woods, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ze1yH7sSQ
somebloke wrote:
more of the same crap:
"Running on the easy days is often referred to as "junk miles" as the only result of these miles is impaired recovery. If the benefits of training go down as the effort on easy days increases, why run at all on the easy days? So far I have found no evidence to indicate there is any training benefit from running on the easy days. In fact, all the evidence supports Supercompensation and Training Monotony, therefore I recommend running only 3-4 days of the week for optimal results."
As I recall wrote:
Malmo said something like that too.
As I recall wrote:
Malmo said something like that too.
Mind... Blown!!! wrote:
Anyway, I thought I'd throw this out there for you piranhas
malmo wrote:
As I recall wrote:
Malmo said something like that too.
I've never said that.
joho wrote:
malmo wrote:
As I recall wrote:
Malmo said something like that too.
I've never said that.
Malmo, Didn't you say that tempo runs, if done correctly, can be done several times a week? I might have a thread bookmarked where that was discussed.
Mind... Blown!!! wrote:
I came across this gentleman's site awhile back and was blown away by some of his claims. Starting with this one:
http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Tempo_Runs
Where he claims Tempo Runs are ineffective.
He makes a few other fun claims too, on different threads. Among them are...
- Running 3 or 4 days per week is optimal, even for elites (in his marathon training program comparison where he decides RUN SMART is one of the best choices because of this)
- HIIT is king
Anyway, I thought I'd throw this out there for you piranhas
loqueelvientoajuarez wrote:
A tempo is supposed to be run at, or very close to, lactate threshold (~1 hour record pace). A steady run is a run at any challenging pace from ventilation threshold (4-5 hours record pace, 90-95% MP) to lactate threshold.
