Comments on: The Myth of Running Economy http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/run/the-myth-of-running-economy Advice, free guides and products from Patrick McCrann. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:53:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick McCrann http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/run/the-myth-of-running-economy/comment-page-1#comment-438 Patrick McCrann Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:48:20 +0000 http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/?p=824#comment-438 Scott, thanks for the comment. I think any training program is only as good as the person who uses it. The better you know yourself, the better you training will be. I could use the same brushes as Michelangelo but I won't make a Sistene Chapel anytime soon. In your case it's hard to say what all of the extenuating factors there were that were limiting your ability to break the 7:20 mark, but it's great to see you found a way around it through variety and recovery. I think if you keep your cycle up you'll be flying in no time. Scott, thanks for the comment. I think any training program is only as good as the person who uses it. The better you know yourself, the better you training will be. I could use the same brushes as Michelangelo but I won't make a Sistene Chapel anytime soon. In your case it's hard to say what all of the extenuating factors there were that were limiting your ability to break the 7:20 mark, but it's great to see you found a way around it through variety and recovery. I think if you keep your cycle up you'll be flying in no time.

]]> By: Scott T http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/run/the-myth-of-running-economy/comment-page-1#comment-431 Scott T Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:39:22 +0000 http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/?p=824#comment-431 Improper Pace Selection...............If your goal is to run a 7-minute pace you need to do a lot of 7-minute-paced running...if its a goal do you do much 7 minute mile running??<br>Progressive Overload Principle in our training to it needs to create the conditions for adaptation to happen................<br><br>i dont know how much of that is true.<br><br>i was alternating a 4 mile mostly flat course at around 7:20 miles and struggling to improve. i said f__k it and began running a treadmill on 11percent incline for 3.1 miles at a 12 min per mile pace for a month or so and when i went back to the 4 mile course i went right down to a 6:54<br><br>now doing 6 miles on the flat course at around 7:10 miles i began to integrate 4 miles at 11 percent incline on tread mill and i can already feel the hills getting easier on the 6 mile course (three 6 milers then one 4 mile uphill treadmill). <br><br>sometimes i think working out differently will lead to improvements on a regular workout by enhancing other excercise factors. Improper Pace Selection……………If your goal is to run a 7-minute pace you need to do a lot of 7-minute-paced running…if its a goal do you do much 7 minute mile running??
Progressive Overload Principle in our training to it needs to create the conditions for adaptation to happen…………….

i dont know how much of that is true.

i was alternating a 4 mile mostly flat course at around 7:20 miles and struggling to improve. i said f__k it and began running a treadmill on 11percent incline for 3.1 miles at a 12 min per mile pace for a month or so and when i went back to the 4 mile course i went right down to a 6:54

now doing 6 miles on the flat course at around 7:10 miles i began to integrate 4 miles at 11 percent incline on tread mill and i can already feel the hills getting easier on the 6 mile course (three 6 milers then one 4 mile uphill treadmill).

sometimes i think working out differently will lead to improvements on a regular workout by enhancing other excercise factors.

]]> By: Wes1030m http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/run/the-myth-of-running-economy/comment-page-1#comment-231 Wes1030m Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:14:36 +0000 http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/?p=824#comment-231 Sounds like somebody is a bit jealous of EN... I've done Ironman using the traditional approach. This year, I will do Ironman following the EN approach. Pick your poison. Be happy... Sounds like somebody is a bit jealous of EN… I've done Ironman using the traditional approach. This year, I will do Ironman following the EN approach. Pick your poison. Be happy…

]]> By: Patrick McCrann http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/run/the-myth-of-running-economy/comment-page-1#comment-230 Patrick McCrann Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:49:02 +0000 http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/?p=824#comment-230 I welcome all sorts of feedback to my writing, even stuff like this. Happy<br>to have a debate or a discussion if you'd like to bring up some issues with<br>the science of what I have said. I believe that coaching is part art, part<br>science, but I am not a fan when the art starts to deny the science it also<br>employs. The original article I replied to did just that. Thanks. I welcome all sorts of feedback to my writing, even stuff like this. Happy
to have a debate or a discussion if you'd like to bring up some issues with
the science of what I have said. I believe that coaching is part art, part
science, but I am not a fan when the art starts to deny the science it also
employs. The original article I replied to did just that. Thanks.

]]> By: chris http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/run/the-myth-of-running-economy/comment-page-1#comment-229 chris Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:31:41 +0000 http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/?p=824#comment-229 Thanks Patrick, great post. Thanks Patrick, great post.

]]> By: Multiple ways to go http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/blog/run/the-myth-of-running-economy/comment-page-1#comment-228 Multiple ways to go Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:38:58 +0000 http://www.patrickjohnmccrann.com/?p=824#comment-228 Unfortunately, there is no one "right" answer as much as EN likes to think they have them all. It's this type of "my way or the high way" articles that gives triathlon coaching a bad name. Unfortunately, there is no one “right” answer as much as EN likes to think they have them all. It's this type of “my way or the high way” articles that gives triathlon coaching a bad name.

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