Friday, March 2, 2012

23 Second Drill (In Season)


Name Top Average
Caden May 193.2 192.35
Jacob Vail 193.5 192.25
Wyatt Garriott 186 185.25
Patrick Hogan 186.5 182.75
Alex Ryherd 185.2 182.05
Zeke Kibler 180.5 180
Calen Landrus 180 179.75
Adam Davis 177.5 177
Mark Wheeler 171 170.75
Judah Tiarks 171 170.25
Dalton Williams 171 170
Noah Workman 171 168.5
Jacob Cameron 163 157.5
Cody West 159.5 157.25
Jacob Book-Hart 154.5 151.75

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Why distance runners should SPRINT!

Most distance runners don't like to do speed work, especially sprints, but that's because most don't know how good it is for their development! Here are some quotes that I hope will convince you:

              "The other main component of a kick is having the ability to recruit additional muscle fibers when fatigued and call upon our anaerobic energy reserves.  Before working on the ability to use these under fatigue, we have to increase the total capacity of each of these which are done through similar mechanisms.
                We have to lay the foundation and develop the ability to recruit a larger percentage of our muscle fibers  in a fresh state first.  No one can fully recruit all of their fibers because we have some protective mechanisms involved to prevent this from happening as catastrophe would likely result.  However, you can train to edge the percentage of fibers you can recruit towards that 100% max.  Research shows that elite athletes in various sprint or explosive events are much closer to max recruitment than regular athletes or untrained people. 
                To increase total fiber recruitment, we need to do activities that have a high force requirement and ideally do so in a specific running manner so that we recruit the same muscles in the same sequence that we do when running.  For distance runners, this simply means we need to sprint!"
- Steve Magness, coach of an 8:55 3200m high school runner and current assistant coach to Alberto Salazar (the one that coaches Galen Rupp) at the Nike Oregon Project 

             "If I go five kilometers, I use 20% of these fibers, always the same 20%. If I go a little bit faster, maybe 50, maybe 60, but when I never go for max intensity, I have a big percentage of fibers, maybe 40 percent, that are not activated. So when I need to use these fibers — because I am in the final sprint or because I finish the storage in the other fibers — I need for the last five kilometers, the last two kilometers, I need to take something. These faster fibers are not good for marathoning, but inside there is something I can use. The only way for using these is by doing short sprints. 
               To explain to a marathon runner that if he goes two times a week for a shorter sprint is good for improving endurance or resistance is difficult, but it's true."
-Renato Canova, World Renown Coach of World Champions & World Record Holders

Joe Vigil (former coach of Adams State) also says he uses sprints year-round to develop the anaerobic alactate system - "90-100% intensity sprints".

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Quotes on training by Bill Aris

"What we do, it's not restrictive. It's not arm twisting, although some will see it that way. 'Oh my god. You can't eat whatever you want. You can't have that 15 pounds of fries in the cafeteria every day for your meal. You can't have five Snickers bars and six glasses of soda.' No, you can. You know you won't perform well, but you can do it. Alright. 'You guys don't drink or party at all?' Well, no, we choose not to, you know, and emphasize we."  

"It's sleep and nutrition, the first two priorities. And now as I've said it before, if you're not concentrating on that, then you're not gonna have the wherewithal, the foundation, for any kind of training to make any sense, because you just won't be able to sustain it."

- Bill Aris, coach of the six-time consecutive Nike Cross National team at Fayetteville-Manlius High School

This guy knows what he's talking about!

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Sebastian Coe and Steve Prefontaine's Progression

Sebastian Coe went from 2:08.4 to sub-2 in a year!
Steve Prefontaine ran a 5:01 mile as a freshmen!


Sebastian Coe’s 800m/1500m progression:
14: 2:08.4 (800), 4:18.0 (1500)
15: 1:59.9 (800), 4:05.9 (1500)
16: 1:56.0 (800), 3:55.0 (1500), 8:34.6 (3000)
17: 1:55.1 (800)
18: 1:53.8 (800), 3:45.2 (1500), 8:14 (3000)
19: 1:47.7 (800), 3:42.6 (1500), 3:58.3 (mile)
20: 1:44.95 (800), 3:57.7 (mile)
21: 1:43.97 (800)
22: 1:42.33 (800 World Record), 3:32.03 (1500 World Record), 3:48.95 (mile World Record)
1981: 1:41.73 (800 World Record), 3:47.33 (mile World Record)
1986: 3:29.77 (1500)

Steve Prefontaine progression:
Year800m1500Mile3k2 mile3 mile5k10k
196615Marshfield HS 5:01+ 10:08.6
196716Marshfield HS2:03.6 4:32.0 9:42.113:57.0
196817Marshfield HS1:56.2 4:12.6 9:01.3
196918Marshfield HS1:54.3 4:06.0 8:41.513:43.013:52.8
197019U. of Oregon3:44.93:57.48:40.013:12.813:39.6
197120U. of Oregon 3:40.53:57.4 8:33.212:58.613:30.4
197221U. of Oregon 3:39.43:56.77:44.28:19.412:54.213:22.8
197322U. of Oregon 3:38.13:54.6 8:24.612:53.413:22.4
197423Oregon Track Club 3:58.37:42.68:18.412:51.413:21.927:43.6
197524Oregon Track Club 7:58.28:36.412:58.813:23.828:09.4