MamothRunner wrote:
Hi all,
Via via I came to an account of a Belgian coach who is coaching most of the Belgian runners.
2 of them finished 4-5th on the 5K at Payton Jordan this year. Isaac Kimeli also ran against Jäger last year and was beaten in a sprintfinish.
His coach Tim Moriau posted the program of 1 of his guys that ran 13.19 at Stanford, averaging only 55miles a week!!
You can find the program on his instagram: moriautim
Let me think what you guys think about it, it seems to good to be true...
I would like to present the kind of program
that would attack ALL world records from 800m- marathon. I know, most of you will not believe me because most of you are stuck in a belief that high mileage( 100+ mpw) is the right way to go . But anyway, here is the basic structure:
Monday: 6-10 miles easy at about 5:40 mile pace
Tuesday: 20 x 400m at 60-61 sec , rest= wait easy walking until back to 120 bpm heartrate
Wednesday: 6-10 miles easy at about 5:40 mile pace
Thursday: 6-10 miles easy at about 5:40 mile pace
Friday: LT- intervals to a total of 6-10 miles at about 4:25-4:27 mile pace, rest=wait easy walking down to 120 bpm
Saturday: _10-25 miles at 5:40 mile pace ( only as a specific long run if the runner aim for half/marathon)
Sunday: Day off
A total of mostly 70 mpw!
There is a few runners out there in the running world capable of doing this kind of training and at perfect control.
I just hope I one day will coach such a great talent and prove to the running world what I say is demonstrably real.
Looks of course to be too "simple" in most eyes, but as I use to say it`s just a pace thing…..