Episode 112: The Myth of Losing Speed
One of my pet peeves when discussing endurance work is the concept of losing speed. In the middle distance world, this concept of losing speed is widespread. Go to any coaching conference, hang around enough coaches, or just talk to your athletes and you’ll hear this concept over and over. It’s used as an argument against doing any kind of aerobic work, regardless of sport or event. It’s thought that only those “slow” distance kids should do long work because speed doesn’t matter much in their world. So they can afford to be slow.
But here’s the thing, if you are losing speed that much during training, it’s not the long aerobic work that is doing it, it’s that your training sucks.
In this episode, we discuss why athletes tend to lose speed and what they can do to maintain or develop it.
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Steve & Jon
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast
- The Science of Losing and Maintaining Speed
- Podcast with Tony Holler
- Arthur Lydiard: The Father of Modern Training
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