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Cool discussion about Masters training ideas. I have a friend who
routinely hands it to me (his rsn handle rhymes with "rumrunner") who says for guys like us to get too wrapped up with a rigid workout plan is not as productive as just going out and having fun and making it up as you go along. He seems to hit his high points of training by making sure to do his 3 hr rollerskis, and during his longer ones at least, he surges frequently. He also skis that way on snow. I have another friend who really doesn't train that much volume but trains pretty intensely every single day. He also kicks it into gear pretty hard on race day and typically also hands it to me. He feels he doesnt need to slow down in training because he isnt doing too much of one thing on any given day. 40 hour month is very large for him. That would be mostly intensity, but not "intervals" per se, more race pace type workouts. I do like a bit of structure, so I just wrote out October's plan including some new-to-me workouts. Without a plan I tend to float thru the weeks & workouts too aimlessly. I am trying to go a lot slower on my non-intense workouts this year. I have not been completely successful with that. |
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Allen was humbled by Dave Scott the first 6 occasions at Hawaii, before
Allen started his string of wins. Hawaii became Allen's main goal, along with Nice, France and Zofingen, Switzerland. All races that take 6-8 hours. The Maffetone training plan Allen used, enabled him to take in 500 calories an hour compared to the 350 most of the others were able to absorb. He was able to easily ride in the draft legal pack with a low heartrate, then unleash a 2:40 marathon. Which is still the marathon record at Hawaii. Around the time Allen was starting to win Hawaii, an event that takes 8 hours, he started to get beat by Mike Pigg in the Olympic length triathlon races. Then Greg Welch, a run specialist, also started beating him in the 2 hour long triathlons. In 1994, Allen took a shot at qualifying for the Olympic Marathon, by running the Berlin marathon. Maffetone figured he was capable of running 2:22 using his training program. Allen ended up dropping out. Whether he didn't have the leg speed or just had an off day, I don't know. If you fast forward to 2004-2007 and watch the ITU Olympic length triathlons, you see people like Simon Whitfield winning World Cups. Reading his website (http://simonwhitfield.blogspot.com/), especially the archives, you'll probably be surprised at how much interval work he does. It is pretty amazing. How does he recover? Mark Allens pure 10k time is 29:59, yet Whitfield, Gomez, Kahlefeldt,etc are now running that fast at the end of a two hour triathlon. Michelle Jones, who has over 100 podiums in Olympic length triathlons, also used a low volume/numerous intervals program. As does Emma Snowsill who ran 32:55 for the 10k at the Hamburg Triathlon World Championship. It seems like the FIS 50k World Cups are similar to ITU triathlon World Cups. There is a mad sprint at the start to get in a fast group, then a fast pace with drafting for the majority of the race (with maybe some surges thrown in), followed by a 30 minute sprint to the finish. Both events take about 2 hours for the men. Even the local marathons seem to be playing out this way, at the front of the race. There is no doubt that easy distance training is the base for staying healthy for an entire season. But doesn't an interval centered program make more sense for ski races that take about 2 hours or so? Why is Angerer and the German team training 1100 hours a year at low intensity? Paul Haltvick Bay Design and Build - LLC Engineering, Construction and Information Technology Services FSx Midwest - Fischer / Swix Racing I have Lee's endurance training book. When it came out it really turned heads. Many coaches said no one is training like that. However what I found is his principles follow some very other successful coaches advice. Mafetone coached Mark Allen to a record number of Iron Man wins. Mafetone said we need to train at the highest aerobic level just below Anaerobic Threshold level (the point where we develop lactate). He felt this would bring about the fastest possible gains in fitness. This closely mimics Lee's principle. However the majority of the worlds elite ski racers don't follow these principles. Read a lot and decide for yourself. I would pick up Joel Fiel's book about Tri and Mt. bike training. He outlines heart values and benefits the best I've seen. |
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you're motivated, the
training follows. If not, you're either out of shape or unhappy. Jay |
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