Too hot, Kroc, anyone else interested in philosophical training discussions instead of changing the function of the weekly thread.
More than one person at church may have an interest in discussing football. That doesn't mean talking over the pastor is the socially polite thing to do. Take that discussion to the bar.
I'll start off the discussion:
I believe that aerobic training is the foundation of all good distance running and this is a slow process that takes time. However, if you totally neglect all other neuromuscular focus, all other energy systems, all short term racing and training goals in pursuit of 8-10 years of steadily building an aerobic house you will not be a well balanced runner and you will have to be patient to a point of monk-like discipline to get there.
I also believe that looking at a person's week to week training will not give you any indication of what they have planned for the next year or 5 years, so telling them all that they should stop focusing on their workouts for the next 4 weeks and think holistically is not really constructive without first asking them what their five year plan is.
I also believe that Canova may say it takes 8-10 years to be able to handle his elite workouts, but NONE of the people that went through that process forwent workouts or racing in those 8-10 years, so to propose that all of the discussion of training specifics is worthless is impractical.