A summary of Coe's training when he was 18 yrs old shoes he averaged 29.9 miles per week. (That avg. includes two weeks of zero miles because of injury.) Aerobic to anaerobic work was roughly 65%/35%.Fish wrote:I have heard he had done some pretty low, intense mileage, but he also didn't count a lot of the easy warmups and cooldowns that would have upped his supposed mileage.The Unflushable DEATHTURD wrote:Seb CoeFish wrote:http://www.board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?t=50835
Where the fuck do people get this stupid information? Show me one successful runner that has got by on less than 20 miles per week, and then show me one successful runner that gives two shits about their squat, press or deadlift either.This sounds similar to my old high school CC schedule (which led to overuse injury fyi). Running 20+ miles a week is outdated and frankly irresponsible. But anyway, back to your dilemma.Meets on Saturdays... practice Tuesday through Friday... long run on Sunday
Tuesday is usually hills and speedwork, Wednesday 5-8 mi easy, Thursday tempo run, Friday easy; however, this can vary but usually Tuesday and Thursday are tough, Saturday obviously pretty taxing, and the other days easy (although Sunday is a long run it is meant to be a recovery day/easier paced run), Mondays off.
Besides, he was a short distance runner in track. That is a lot different than training for a 5/10k or half-marathon/marathon.
This is from "Better Training for Distance Runners." Coe's father is a co-author..
According to the book, Coe did some race-pace workouts throughout the season, even early in the training cycle.