Seb Coe Progression
16yr8mo…..1:56.0
18yr9mo……1:53.8
19yr8mo……1:53.0
19yr9mo……1:50.7
19yr11mo…..1:47.7
20yr10mo….1:46.8
20yr11mo…..1:46.3
21yr0mo…..1:44.95
21yr11mo…..1:44.25
22yr0mo…..1:43.97
22yr10mo…1:42.33
So what is the kind of training that takes a 1:56 16yr-old kid to a 1:42.x 22yr-old adult? The kind of training that will burn a guy out with illness and injury? Maybe.
But oh what might have been, if only he had instead stuck to 2-3mmol double-threshold training all of those years? Or maybe if only he had tacked on an additional 40miles/week of easy running to his already arduous program?