More aerobic than people think?

Can we go with 40% aerobic for the 400.

Edwin Moses trained with Rono for the winter base.

fred wrote:

Can we go with 40% aerobic for the 400.

Edwin Moses trained with Rono for the winter base.

Yeah, he did MAF.

Edwin Moses: 400 hurdles

"Talking about his own career, Moses - whose career best time was 47.02 - said he had trained in his formative years with Kenyan distance ace Henry Rono.

"I ran a lot of cross country races. I used to live with Henry Rono. I would get up in the morning and do a lot of endurance training by running 800 and 1500m. Between 1977 and 1980, I was mostly in Europe. I ran 22-25 race in a year. In 1980, the (Moscow) Olympic year (which US boycotted and he missed out) I ran four races in six days," he recalled."

The fact that Bolt and Gay both run a very good 400 shows that the sprinters have already figured this out.

Former D2 now 51 wrote:

fred wrote:

Can we go with 40% aerobic for the 400.

Edwin Moses trained with Rono for the winter base.

Yeah, he did MAF.

Hahaha.

And now for an influx of Maffturbators.

"yeah man , Moses was doing Maff man. What's his Maff number?"

Maff, maf, maf, maff

This contradicts all those who tell budding sprinters to avoid cross-country in high school.

Don't understand, or irrelevant?

You sound really stimulated. And absolutely creepy.

fred wrote:

And now for an influx of Maffturbators.

"yeah man , Moses was doing Maff man. What's his Maff number?"

Maff, maf, maf, maff

My boi Amir asking for sources and expecting replies 11 years later... (Laughing emoji)

Jack Frost wrote:

This might explain why Clyde Hart's 400m Runners are consistantly the best in the world.

+1

Interesting thread from almost 15 years ago.

Aerobic demands for 800m are interesting from experience of preparing junior athlete for 8k cross country which included threshold work, long intervals, and hill work. 6 days after racing 8k he lined up to do an 800m and ran 1:52.6 and won by 5 seconds. A week after that 3:51 for 1500m with 57 second last 400m. 8 weeks leading up to this he did virtually no specific sessions for 800 or 1500m but an improved aerobic system allowed him to race rather well.

Hopefully they have fixed em by now.

Sprint Aerobics wrote:

This contradicts all those who tell budding sprinters to avoid cross-country in high school.

One-hundred metres and 200m are not 400m. Sprinters should avoid XC. Posters are getting carried away with a quote from Edwin Moses. It is foolish to believe Moses was logging 100 miles plus a week with Henry Rono. Out of necessity in 1970's and 1980's, Morehouse University, some seasons needed 400m men to participate in XC, simply to keep the XC team afloat. Four-hundred metres men who raced XC for Morehouse were on a modified training program. Four-hundred metres men did not fully participate in XC.