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- From: preston@dawn.cs.rice.edu (Preston Briggs)
- Subject: Re: Training question.
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- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 16:36:38 GMT
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- In article <18i0idINNpj5@vttux1.vtt.fi> leino@rat.vtt.fi (Tapio Leino) writes:
-
- >The thing which is not included in the list above is the ability to meet
- >the attacks of other runners, when the running speed is changed all the
- >time. In fact the speed changes quite randomly or unpredictably. This also
- >is one of the reasons why in important races there are surprise winners.
- >
- >The common method of preparing yourself for this is to train the intervals.
- >For example 10 times 400m with 1-2 minutes rest in between. But this way
- >you always know when to start and to finish. In my opinion this really has
- >very little to do with preparing yourself for a race and its surprises.
- >
- >How do you prepare yourself for such random events during a race?
- >
- >How do you prepare yourself for the situation where one or several other
- >runners increase the speed after they just decreased it? or do it many
- >times?
-
- My old coach, Al Lawrence, ran for Australia in the Melbourne
- Olympics. He saw Kuts beat up Pirie in the 10K and it made a big
- impression.* Al's approach to training for Kutsian tactics was to do
- things like 400m repeats, with 50-100m sprints in the middle. Of
- course, he used a variety of distances for the repeat and the surge.
-
- Another approach would be the idea of whistle drills.
- In this case, you have a coach with a whistle controlling the workout.
- You run, and when he whistles, you sprint until he whistles again.
-
- A 3rd approach was suggested by Bill Bowerman (the old Oregon coach).
- He had his team run 3/4 mile fast at the start, middle, and end of
- their longer runs. The idea was to prepare them for a fast start, a
- fast finish, and have them be ready for a surge in the middle.
-
- Sounds like fun!
- Preston Briggs
-
-
-
- * For those who didn't see it, Gordon Pirie, a strong finisher, was
- favored, but Vladimir Kuts completely demolished him using a series of
- extreme pace variations. Pirie hung on his shoulder through it all
- (his announced plan), but eventually was so tired and disheartened
- that he jogged in. Kuts won, Pirie was 7th, and Al finished 3rd.
-