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Aprops of nothing, I met coaching legend, Bruce Tulloh on the train yesterday. I was quite accidental, but when this chap sat down opposite with two of his books (one being Running over 40) and then didn't bother reading them my intuition kicked in.
The other tell-tale sign was he looked a bit like an older version of the bloke on the cover).
Anyway eventually I plucked up courage, by asking him what he thought of the books - at which point of course he said "I wrote them".
He then said that he had just returned from 15 weeks abroad running from Vladivostock to Moscow (two x 10k a day).
For those that don't know Bruce Tulloh broke broke the record for the Los Angeles to New York run, won UK and European titles, represented England at cross country, and coached Mike Boit and Richard Nerurkar, and has been coaching and writing about athletics for decades. Must know that other (though local)legend Stan Eldon, I suppose.
Anyway, I couldn't let the opportunity pass without a spot of brain picking, so I asked him about the most effective way to improve my 10k time. For what it is worth in distilled terms;
3 or 4 times 1 mile with 3/4 minutes recovery.
4 or 5 times 2k with 2/3 minutes recovery.
Tempo runs 15 mins out followed by ? minute recovery and 15 mins back.
He said that he disagreed with the practice of excessively short recovery times e.g 30 secs after 1k. In his view it is far more effective to have a longer recovery time and to run faster/harder. By that time I had reached my station stop (yuch phrase) so I wasn't able to discover his reasoning (anyone got any ideas?). But I imagine that it is to do with faster running training you to run more efficiently, or something along those lines. As far as my memory allows, this is all Gospel truth.
Wow, I think it must be an economy thing, aswell as having a phsycological (?) benifit, ie the first mile or so feels like a walk in the park. However the likes of Paula and Tergat run off very short recoveries(even more so than Mr. Coe used to), the reasoning being that you dont get a break every rep.However I don't know that they have always done this or wether they also do long recovery sessions at higher speeds.
That's an interesting account, I wish I could have been in your boots, or seat more specifically! On the logic behind Bruce's statement, I'd be more inclined to go with the economy improvement point of view, rather than the psychological advantage perspective. 'Speed-work may be to do with reaching %VO2 Max, at slower than maximal speeds, but according to Jack Daniel's (Bob Kennedy's coach), repetition work (what he calls quick work off big recoveries) is definitely an economy thing. Interval work (slower pace, shorter recoveries) has its place in his perspective too, but only in the training of energy systems. That's Jack's take on it, I wish we knew Bruce's!
hi craig.hows tricks fella.mate i have info on the ridgeway which will be helpfull to you.being a sad single bloke now he he i have had time to work out all the leg start times based on the farstest times from last year.your leg 9 works out at 2.45 pm so if there by 2.30 you will be fine.mind how you go.see you sunday.gorilla nige
Cheers 'Nig' (I'll pass you the email so you can see what I'm refering to). Your effort's appreciated. I'll see you at the start of Rob's leg maybe? If not, definitely at the bash after...
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