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The Running Master
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Apologies pconn not trying to drag up a fight here but it seems as though the context of my post was taken up wrong (which in retrospect might be construed as a result of a misinterpretation I had of a previous comment he made which on reflection I took up wrong, and seem to be the only one but I guess coaches can get taper madness to right?
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In terms of posting in relation to you here to the best of my knowledge with the exception of a joke made in TbL's log have all been training related.
As I mentioned before the approach is based on solid principles, ones which I aimed to highlight in there simplest form. The point of this was not to "discredit" you but rather break it down for new runners. While the presence of easily accessible training knowledge on the internet is a good thing in terms of education it can be a double edge sword in that people are able to access the most scientific pin point answers to particular questions they might have, the only problem is that they might not have the full grasp on foundation of solid training principles that sometimes is needed to fully appreciate the answer
For years I was a victim of this reading about Lactate turnpoint, anaerobic Threshold training etc thinking I had a full grasp on the concepts when seeing them on a training log and understanding what stand alone sessions were without putting things all together. With this in mind I saw labels on sessions, tried them and thought I was gonna be a sub 4 miler because that was the same sessions they were doing.
After a while I began to get a better understanding to the point I am at now in terms of not evaluating a session on its effectiveness but rather how it fits with the overall program in that current cycle and how that phase has interacted with previous training. Even these days I am no longer looking at the specifics of a training session but rather the target outcomes of that session and how it interacts with their approach, while I don't always agree with them as long a I can see why they are doing it I feel I can learn from the though process behind it.
In this regard my aim was to highlight the importance of a long run in previous phases of training. While you are right in terms of saying to brought up marathon training I felt it was skated over a bit (in the context of knowing my previous experience I tended to overlook cycle by cycle in my early research of training methods especially when the improvements were made down the line I failed to connect the dots). Also the understanding of marathon training is another point which is left open to interpretation given that very few first time posters would consider +20 consecutive long runs of 17 miles or longer to be normal marathon training in their eyes given most of the training knowledge would be based around what they have learned from plans they have used) hence my feeling the need to stress this point. Likewise if people have researched the likes of the Hanson program or even Hal Higdon they might have different connotations of marathon training.
Again as I said the principles are solid and effective and have brought people a huge amount of success my point was to highlight this to the target audience. If you can get people evaluating the approach rather than one particular element (and with elaborate terminology often it is a case where people think that it is something new or different they associate it with an athletes success without taking into account why its in the plan and how it interacts) you will see people make huge gains in developing the best approach for them
Sometimes we end up taken things for granted in discussion (Like the reference of Canova and Lydiard in association with marathon training and a focus on aerobic development to point where people may miss this as a crucial basis for the multi paced system)0 -
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And in case anyone misinterpreted that, it's called humourFollowers of the The Running Master,
It's time to go home, rest up, and reflect. Do not respond to anymore tedious comments. Tonight, I will respond to their Chief-of-Staff: he has contacted me in good faith and I will discuss terms with him.
Thank you for your support, passion, and loyalty. I'm humbled, truly.
Regards
The Running Master
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