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elkynben
Question:
Long to short Vs Short to long running approximation
For middle distance running program, some coaches recommend as conditioning long mileage (season's beginning) while it decreases before competition as intensity increases.
But some articles show other different approximations, for example short high quality runs (moderate/high intensity) at the beginning and a mileage-intensity approximation before the race.
So, the first approximation is good for heavy-endomorph runners, and the second for meso/ectomorph ones?
Won't be the second approx better in order to save time, avoid injuries (more technique instead mileage) and work efficiently on body fat (fat max training zone)?
Asked by elkynben - 3 answers - 13 weeks 3 days ago
scousemouse78
Do you actually do any training ?? Athletics season is summer so the base fitness work i.e. more aerobic than speed, will be done in the winter. Weekly mileage can be anything up to 70 miles a week, but some quality threshold runs will be done as well.
Come the summer, the transition from longer continuous runs to short speedier sessions will be fluent and there will be more sprints performed, from 50 - 800 metres in repetition distance.
Somatotypes - bodyshapes have only a little bearing on the type of training methods as running will turn a mesomorph into more of an ectomorph anyway.
Peace.
Submitted 13 weeks 3 days ago by scousemouse78scousemouse78
What sport do you train for ?? are you a middle distance runner or a triathlete ??
Submitted 13 weeks 3 days ago by scousemouse78elkynben
Tropical zone has good weather all time, so I think this is a training factor you said above (I heard UK news generally speak about the rain).
Submitted 13 weeks 14 hours ago by elkynbenI am a runner, and practise triathlon 2 years ago, not an elite, just as multi-sport focus. My first year in this sport drove me to read and research since I do not agree with the same recipes of coaches and non-individual routines (in most of the cases with a lack of technique due to the "ironwill" idea); the reasons:
-you know each athlete has particular needs (weak links focus). The same mileage will have different results in a heavy endomorph and thin athletes.
-How can anyone with poor technique in little distance (say 50 meters), want to do good in middle/long distance?
Well, the PP article about block periodisation, says "By contrast, traditional periodised training programmes ask you to first become an endurance athlete, then a weightlifter and finally a technical sport athlete".