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I ran in a couple of trail 50k's last year and decided to focus more on my training for next year's races so started working with a coach who has trained numero
by kyleblarson 9y ago
I ran in a couple of trail 50k's last year and decided to focus more on my training for next year's races so started working with a coach who has trained numerous olympic nordic skiers. I quickly realized that my training was completely incorrect and ineffective previously. He focuses maniacally on long hours of low intensity aerobic effort with very strict heart rate constraints mixed with strength and only occasional high intensity effort. I have seen impressive results after only 2.5 months. Here's an article he wrote: https://www.outsideonline.com/2270151/what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-endurance-training https://www.outsideonline.com/2270151/what-everyone-gets-wro...
- gameswithgo 9y agoA lot of amateur endurance athletes will hear about elite coaches or athletes saying things like "quality over quantity" or "less is more" and not realize that the context of those comments is something like: "I was training 40 hours a week but I realized if I did better if I dropped it to 30 hours a week with more specificity or harder hard days". They then use that to justify not doing more than their comparatively tiny workload, which is psychologically natural since you don't want to do more! But until you get up to the point where more is too much, which is usually more than you imagine, more is usually more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHZ48AE3TOI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHZ48AE3TOI
- dsnuh 9y agoI have a cousin that is in his 50's and runs 100K and 50K trail runs multiple times throughout the year. The guy ran from Santa Barabara to San Diego to his son's wedding! I don't have much point other than to say if you are anything like him and the people he runs with, you're crazy! ;)