"It looks to me that the best runners never run slow."
Not sure who said this in this long and winding thread, but it's part of the foolishness of the whole discussion. Again it's not an all this or that thing. At SOME POINT all runners have to run slow. You have to run slow before you run fast.
Kenyans ran slow when they were kids - supposedly to/from school each day. Although, having been to Kenya, I know most kids that go to school each day take a bus - but some do walk/run and that is the slow part of their running. They do that for 5 - 6 years as school kids and then when they start training seriously as teenagers in the various training groups, that's why they can do so much volume of running at AT or faster( the one real secret of Kenyan running). They didn't just start running from nothing and spend over half the runnning week at AT or above!! That would be next to impossible.
So it's the same for triathletes. It's not that complicated:
New to the sport and new to running - spend a good chunk of time running aerobically. Take your time and build up the volume slowly. It may take a few years.
Been around for a few years( 5+) with lot's of consistant miles under your belt with good bio-mechanics and no injuries. maybe run a marathon or two - spend more time running at AT and above.
Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog
Not sure who said this in this long and winding thread, but it's part of the foolishness of the whole discussion. Again it's not an all this or that thing. At SOME POINT all runners have to run slow. You have to run slow before you run fast.
Kenyans ran slow when they were kids - supposedly to/from school each day. Although, having been to Kenya, I know most kids that go to school each day take a bus - but some do walk/run and that is the slow part of their running. They do that for 5 - 6 years as school kids and then when they start training seriously as teenagers in the various training groups, that's why they can do so much volume of running at AT or faster( the one real secret of Kenyan running). They didn't just start running from nothing and spend over half the runnning week at AT or above!! That would be next to impossible.
So it's the same for triathletes. It's not that complicated:
New to the sport and new to running - spend a good chunk of time running aerobically. Take your time and build up the volume slowly. It may take a few years.
Been around for a few years( 5+) with lot's of consistant miles under your belt with good bio-mechanics and no injuries. maybe run a marathon or two - spend more time running at AT and above.
Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog