I know a lad who trains occasionally with some of the British Based Kenyans and says the steady runs start slow very slow then get faster and faster till you are pretty much racing over the last mile. My runs start fast and get slower and slower.
I know a lad who trains occasionally with some of the British Based Kenyans and says the steady runs start slow very slow then get faster and faster till you are pretty much racing over the last mile. My runs start fast and get slower and slower.
So to sum up then, if we look at the world's leading runners and say if they do it then it must be right (sounds fair enough) then "junk" mileage for want of a better word, is good for you. Provided (a) you don't do it to the detriment of quality AND (b) you can handle the extra volume.
I think between us we're dispelling that myth
World class athletes are often not good examples of whats possible to the rest of us.Many are taking huge quantities of anabolic steroids(and other drugs), which overcome the natural limitations of the body.
Athletes in this country look on in awe at the african runners, and assume that they're some sort of supermen.Well they are, but it isn't power produced from magical training programs of 50x400 in 64secs(propaganda),it's the power of a liquid in a syringe.
Interesting, because yes, people tend to equate turbo training as 1:1 because on a turbo you can pedal continuously. I always try and pedal whenever I can when I'm on the bike so I can get the most out of the time I have in the saddle, rather than freewheel the downhills for recovery like most cyclists do. Sometimes on downhills I put the brakes on for resistance!