i was reading this article and saw that Prefontaine did some pretty far fetched goal pace work. He was doing goal pace 200s at 8:40 pace while his date pace was 9:45. He eventually got down to the 8:40.
Has anyone had success with this type of long term or far-fetched goal-pace training?
maybe he was doing mile training?
I'd say yes, but I refuse to compare myself to Pre.
oh here's the link
http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=8992&PageNum=3
my question is have any of you done anything like that and had it work?
You have two arms and two legs, just like Pre, so use them to run faster. Practice faster paces and you will get faster. The idea of "NO LIMITS" is not far fetched, becasue in truth there are no known limits to your impprovement.
Stay focused on both short term goals that are do-able and long terms that seem far fetched to others. Remember, cynics will always say you can't do this, you can't do that, but if you believe them, then you are giving them the satisfaction of proving them right. Don't give them that satisfaction, prove them wrong.
yeah, i was doing quarters at 61-62 all season and the rest got gradually less as the season progressed. by the last meet of the year i ran 4:07 for 1600m. have some balls and get after it.
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