jewfjwbefewbj wrote:
Lewandowski runs around 100 mpw and has run 30 minutes for 10k in practice.
Late Runner Phil, in your previous post you said "Being able to close a mile or 5k fast or to run a sub 3:40 1500 has nothing to do with being fast-twitch. 40m fly, 200m dash, 400m those are much more relevant."
In your most recent post you contradict yourself when talking about ST closing races .
Cherry picking an indoor race where Lewandowski beat Jakob doesn't prove anything. Jakob beat Lewandowski last outdoors in the Euro 1500 final.
By your logic Centro would probably be considered ST. So would Willis. Mauhkloufi and Souleiman would be more FT. Yet in the Rio final somehow Centro and Willis were able to medal over more FT runners in a slow race.
I can cherry pick races too and manipulate data to prove a point.
Lewandowski running 100-110 mpw makes sense. He got the speed, and a high distribution in favor of FT muscles for the mile. He will usually be one of the guys with the best speed in a mile race. What he needs to improve is his aerobic abilities. If he can run a mile primarily without having to tax his anaerobic system, he can use it for a devastating kick.
However, as FT runner he would need to do the mileage slower than a 1500m ST runner.
Centro won Rio but didn't even have the fastest last lap and was the only one who ran 400m in the final lap. Everyone else ran in lane 2-3 and was at a disadvantage coming in. That race was a tactical masterpiece by Centro coupled with a little bit of luck, muscle fiber distribution wasn't nearly as relevant in this race as in the Lewandowski vs Ingebrigtsen race.
We know that differences in muscle fiber percentage are substantial - even for runners with similar PR's in an event - so it would make sense to individualize training, and mileage (duration and intensity) is one part of it. Often people talk about "non-responders", but it could just be that it's a ST or FT guy with the wrong training stimulus.