Let me qualify my upcoming comment by stating I have not yet listened to the debate that Mike referenced in his last post. Lack of facts have never stopped me before. The notion that Brian MacKenzie could train Ryan Hall to run faster than his current 2.04 best is flawed for at least one reason - weight. If Hall started doing CFE. and 3-4 CrossFit workouts per week at the prescribed intensity, he would almost definitely gain weight. Maybe not 25 pounds but he's going to gain something doing all of those resistance exercises.
Over 26.2 miles even a pound of extra weight makes a huge difference. I am no Ryan Hall but I did the California International Marathon in 2006 and 2008 and essentially did the same exact running training for both. For the second one I was on the juice (creatine) and about five pounds heavier from lifting heavier weights. The difference; I did 3.27 in 2006 and 3.33 in 2008. Weight matters although I did have a girlfriend in 2008 - so I had that going for me.
Recovery continues - 10k on the treadmill in 49.04. My plan is to do 7 miles 2 to 3 times per week on the treadmill and one longish run on the weekends outside. Hopefully the treadmill will be easier on my legs. Especially since I am still on he juice although single.
At least you qualified your comment about not listening to the podcast... his point was actually about running technique, and very little to do with strength. Although he did say he would make sure he was squatting and deadlifting.
ReplyDeleteAnd I tried to make it pretty clear that it was absolutely egotastic to think he could make Hall better.