Andrew,
I used the sprinter-marathon analogy with my coach to see if I understood the principle he was trying to convey. I just moved it to a running analogy to see how far he was willing to apply the theory. I think, and heh I'm not the brain bank on this one, is that the sprinter has already developed the neuromuscular power and so he/she would have to build the aerobic engine, which from my coaches perspective is "relatively" easier to accomplish then compared to most of trying to do the former. In the real world could Montgomery or anyone like him ever rip off a 2:xx marathon. None yet that I'm aware of.
The question I'm asking of myself is, Is neuromuscular failure in endurance events the primary limiter? IMO, maybe. The guy I'm working with says, Yes. Is periodization a way to train the weakness, yes, and perhaps the best way to go for the first several years of IM training. But after the base is there... Is there a better way? As an experiment of one the results of a weekly pace-power focus are pending, but the preliminaries look good.
Just caught up on my reading. Interesting training threads. A clarification, I'm framing my thoughts around BOP-MOP IM'rs with fixed time constraints and how to best utilize what training time we have. The guys at the epic camp, elites, pro's S-B-R in worlds I'm not familiar with.
I used the sprinter-marathon analogy with my coach to see if I understood the principle he was trying to convey. I just moved it to a running analogy to see how far he was willing to apply the theory. I think, and heh I'm not the brain bank on this one, is that the sprinter has already developed the neuromuscular power and so he/she would have to build the aerobic engine, which from my coaches perspective is "relatively" easier to accomplish then compared to most of trying to do the former. In the real world could Montgomery or anyone like him ever rip off a 2:xx marathon. None yet that I'm aware of.
The question I'm asking of myself is, Is neuromuscular failure in endurance events the primary limiter? IMO, maybe. The guy I'm working with says, Yes. Is periodization a way to train the weakness, yes, and perhaps the best way to go for the first several years of IM training. But after the base is there... Is there a better way? As an experiment of one the results of a weekly pace-power focus are pending, but the preliminaries look good.
Just caught up on my reading. Interesting training threads. A clarification, I'm framing my thoughts around BOP-MOP IM'rs with fixed time constraints and how to best utilize what training time we have. The guys at the epic camp, elites, pro's S-B-R in worlds I'm not familiar with.