Hi Renato:
Forgive me if you have answered this already. Of course, now that 2:01:39 has happened, your answer may be different.
Eliud Kipchoge does not seem to do the alternation workouts you prescribe, with long intervals at marathon pace or a little faster and "recovery" 1000m in 3:20 or so. Do you think he would run even better if he did that kind of training? Or is the training that he does already the best possible training for him? Thanks in advance.
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SlowFatMaster wrote:
Hi Renato:
Do you think he would run even better if he did that kind of training? Or is the training that he does already the best possible training for him? Thanks in advance.
Yes.
SlowFatMaster wrote:
Hi Renato:
Forgive me if you have answered this already. Of course, now that 2:01:39 has happened, your answer may be different.
Eliud Kipchoge does not seem to do the alternation workouts you prescribe, with long intervals at marathon pace or a little faster and "recovery" 1000m in 3:20 or so. Do you think he would run even better if he did that kind of training? Or is the training that he does already the best possible training for him? Thanks in advance.
The main thing is that Kipchoge (and Kamworor) trains with a linear system different from phases.
SUPERIOR COACH JS wrote:
SlowFatMaster wrote:
Hi Renato:
Forgive me if you have answered this already. Of course, now that 2:01:39 has happened, your answer may be different.
Eliud Kipchoge does not seem to do the alternation workouts you prescribe, with long intervals at marathon pace or a little faster and "recovery" 1000m in 3:20 or so. Do you think he would run even better if he did that kind of training? Or is the training that he does already the best possible training for him? Thanks in advance.
The main thing is that Kipchoge (and Kamworor) trains with a linear system different from phases.
Oh, great! Inferior Coach JS, the infamous narcissistic thread killer has turned up. Shame. Could have been a good thread too.
Go away. Please. Forever.
His scheme is very similar to one that makes 10k, plus there are the slow and long runs of 30-40 km, as recoveries is a classic 48-48-72 hours cyclic scheme:
Monday: Slow Regeneration Runs.
Tuesday: Long and / or medium fractioned Runs from 400-800 to 1000-1200-2000 mt.
Wednesday: Slow Regeneration Runs.
Thursday: Long Slow of Marathoneta to 75-88% and alternates a week of 30 km with a week of 40 km.
Friday: Slow Regeneration Runs.
Saturday: Long, medium or short Fartlek, alternating a week with long fartlek (from 3 'to 10') to a week with medium or short fartlek (2 'or 1').
Sunday: Slow Regeneration Fund Runs.
Never knew 30 or 40km ‘tempo’ runs on a Thursday were ‘long And slow’?
Compared to what Canova does, they are long slow runs.
The 30 km to 84-88% of canova intensity, can be called Medium Pace Classic Runs.
while the 40 km are even slower, at 75-84% of Canova intensity that can be called long slow runs of the marathoner.
It must be said however that the external conditions are often difficult: altitude, rough ground and sometimes muddy.