Re: bpm for aerobic to anaerobic transition
RUN4BEAR@aol.com
Sun, 17 Nov 1996 13:56:07 -0500
>Truman,
>
>i was talking with a track coach about the Kenyans today. One additional
>characteristic they exhibit is very light lower legs and very muscular upper
>legs.
>
>When Prefontaine was running at Oregon I had a talk with the Oregon distance
>coach--forget his name. He was telling me then about having his marathoners
>run stadium steps "for strength at the finish". At that time, he told me,
>"Remember, you're not training muscle cells, you're training neurons." A
kind
>of "ask and ye shall get" approach.
>
>ti
Yea, we used to run stadium steps. During the cold days in early spring we
would run the steps in the gym for hours on end - that was the root cause
of my shin splints. Anyway I think coaches use it to train "guts" and how
to keep going and run through pain. Maybe that is what he ment "training
the neurons".
Truman
Truman Prevatt
Sarasota, FL
Truman:
Training neurons is like training morons...they simply do what they are told
and taught...nothing more, nothing less. The more you do something, the
better you become at it (hopefully)
Teddy