I came across an interview with Steve Cram in an October 1985 issue of Athletics Weekly and thought the following extract might be of interest, especially with all the recent speculation about Bernard Lagats low mileage/ high intensity programme.
AW - 'What have been the factors behind your transition into one of the all time greats of middle distance running?'
SC -'I felt that last year I had run far too many miles in training and got very sluggish.I decided I would change that this year. I used to run 100 miles a week at times but I decided I would get back to running a lot more cross country and road races, keep the mileage down but run it at a good pace. The highest week's mileage I had all winter was 74, but most of the time I was running between 50 and 60 miles a week. However, I was running very, very hard. Much of it was done at 5 minute mile pace. I probably averaged five and a half minute miles for all the training I did last winter.'
Not passing any comment - just posting it up for the sake of information/ discussion.