I was thinking of making a thread for this subject, but I thought I will just post here to get your opinion of it.
Using treadmill for long distance or short distance training.
Keeping up to date with your journal, reading you do the 5k, 10k and some other long distances and looking at how keep smashing your pr's, which you measure at like 4.5x or 4.4x min/mile or other similar measurements, it got me thinking that how would training on a treadmill help you smash that pr by running a certain speed for a certain amount of time e.g. trying to maintain a 4.4x min/mile speed for as long as you can and maybe that can be transferable to the track or road or grass.
As for short distance, it doesn't do well because of how your sprinting form is affected and how you start a run from a stand position but I was thinking that if you train acceleration separately till you get to a certain top speed and then when on the treadmill trying to maintain that top speed for like no more than a minute just like overspeed training.
for sure, i think the treadmill could be a very useful tool for learning to maintain speed. i'm very erratic with pace changes, so it would probably help.
i don't think i could personally run 12.5 mph on a treadmill sustained though, i get dizzy/feel awkward on it.. i'd be scared of getting hurt.
i've seen lots of elite pros using it.. mo farah has tons of clips with him on it.
for me personally, I just need to start hitting multiple <goal_pace_efforts> per sessions.. ie like, not just one km at 2:55, more like 3.. not just 1 x 4:55, more like 3. so getting strong at the "repeat" level. Right now I can't repeat any of that, i've never hit multiple in a session. So it'll be a huge goal for 2019. Then I also need to work on hitting 2km straight at that pace etc. stuff like that. just keep extending it out.
but ya i really need the "strength" to be able to hit several per session.. i mean the more sub5 miles i can hit in one session, or sub3 km's, or combos of both .. the stronger i'll be.
right now i'm "one and done", which is exactly how it played out at Rockin Rib 10k.
good stuff man.
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