So I have decided to focus on the 1500/1650, partly because I seem to have misplaced the three fast twitch fibers I once owned, and partly because guys named Smith are now swimming the 500 and even the 1000. Geek suggested that I build my endurance with dryland work, but unlike him I have a job and limited time to train, and I don't really want to give up pool time. Any suggestions?
It is worth pointing out that these to quotes from Maglischo are different than the race pace that is often discussed on the forums:
"This would include most of what we have been calling "race pace" training"
"an example 10-20 x 100 on the shortest possible sendoff."
The race pace defined above is completely different than the race pace in Performance or Pace-time? thread.
The quote about race-pace training (bolded above) was mine, not Maglischo.
It seems clear (to me, anyway) that En-3 includes race-pace efforts. In fact, it is not TERRIBLY difficult to do mile race pace if the set length is short and/or there is adequate rest.
That of course changes as the set gets longer and the intervals more challenging. While some of the sets Maglischo gives as examples of En-3 training can be done at or near mile race-pace, not all of them can. Given the way he describes the goals and physiological adaptations to En-3 training, I can only assume that it is the elevated lactate levels -- and for a relatively prolonged period of time -- that is important to him.
But attribute any errors of interpretation to me, not him. :)
It is worth pointing out that these to quotes from Maglischo are different than the race pace that is often discussed on the forums:
"This would include most of what we have been calling "race pace" training"
"an example 10-20 x 100 on the shortest possible sendoff."
The race pace defined above is completely different than the race pace in Performance or Pace-time? thread.
The quote about race-pace training (bolded above) was mine, not Maglischo.
It seems clear (to me, anyway) that En-3 includes race-pace efforts. In fact, it is not TERRIBLY difficult to do mile race pace if the set length is short and/or there is adequate rest.
That of course changes as the set gets longer and the intervals more challenging. While some of the sets Maglischo gives as examples of En-3 training can be done at or near mile race-pace, not all of them can. Given the way he describes the goals and physiological adaptations to En-3 training, I can only assume that it is the elevated lactate levels -- and for a relatively prolonged period of time -- that is important to him.
But attribute any errors of interpretation to me, not him. :)
