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February 14, 2014 by CoachJay

I love fartleks because they develop the aerobic metabolism and they teach athletes to run by feel, which is much better than learning to run by a watch or GPS.

I love long runs because long runs develop the aerobic metabolism, long runs strengthen the mind and long runs improve the athlete’s ability to concentrate while uncomfortable.

I love progression runs for their simplicity.  Start a run and speed up as the run progresses.  That’s it – just keep speeding up as the run processes.  After a successful progression run the athletes has greater confidence in their ability to speed up at the end of a race, to run faster when they’re extremely uncomfortable.

I love the 2k section of Marshall Road in south Boulder.  With lines every 400m on the road we can do a variety of workouts.  3 x 400m with 400m float, then a short rest of, say, 2 minutes, then another set.  Or 800m/400m/800m where the 800m are at a touch slower than threshold pace and the 400m is faster (often at a specific race pace that we are targeting…but often it’s just by feel).  This stretch of road is about 5 seconds per 2k slow on the way out due to very slight incline, then about 5 seconds fast on the way back.  I love going to Marshall, then heading back up to the track for some 1% grade hills at 1,500m pace or some work on the track.

I love ending a session with General Strength (GS) and Active Isolated Flexibility (AIF) because these elements help keep athletes healthy.  A healthy athlete misses fewer training days, which leads to consistency in training.  Consistency in training is one of the major keys to running faster.  A runner with great consistency over a six month period almost always runs PRs.

I love coaching.  It never feels like work.  That doesn’t mean it’s always easy or always fun, but it never feels like a job.

What do you love?

Filed Under: For Everyone Tagged With: Active Isolated Flexibility, consistancy, fartlek runs, General Strength, long runs, Marshall Road, progression runs

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