Building and maintaining a healthy population of middle distance athletes is important in achieving rewards for a team, and in having a pipeline for future success. Like it or not, individual performances are driven by internal dynamics directly related to the pyramid of numbers in a particular training group. The really good runners do ascend…
During specific preparation and pre-competitive training periods there is a tremendous amount of work to be done to achieve future competitive season fitness for the middle distance runner. These two blocks of time are also the most crucial for including a close monitoring of workload by the coach in regard to under-recovery challenges. Middle distance…