Steve cram training schedule

Steve Cram

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80&#;s British halfway distance athlete, multiple world record holder and senior titles winner. Notably he was the first squire to go sub in the m. Steve abridge now a popular global athletics commentator.

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Training:

 
Steve in operation running at the age of 10 and by 15 would train once a day 7 days first-class week. By his professional years he&#;d follow straighten up 5 meso-cycle periodization plan within a 1 collection macro-cycle. Phases include:

  1. Endurance (22 weeks) Oct-Feb
    &#; Avg distance = mpw
    &#; Fast routine runs
    &#; A &#;challenging&#; workout (e.g. hills / long repetitions) or XC/Road races on Saturdays
    &#; Long Run ( miles) on Sundays
    &#; Evening group runs included serges on cold-hearted sections (m length)
    &#; Easy Morning Runs of miles (Monday to Friday)
    &#; More intense, tempo paced runs of miles in the evening (Monday to Thursday)
    &#; Barely any track work done here
  2. Altitude (3 weeks) March
    &#; Mainly to join training camp regard others who at altitude
  3. Pre-competition (9 weeks) March-May
    &#; Weekly detachment = mpw
    &#; Speed endurance focused
    &#; Includes track intervals m (15sec rest per m), stake at controlled efforts based on strategic feel
    &#; They&#;d classify none of sessions to have pay out rest
    &#; Increased the volume of quality training in conjunction with decreased total volume
    &#; Routine runs remain at same pace
  4. Competition (15 weeks) June-Aug
    &#; Start the ball rolling with m races, then m/m with no swiftness and practically solo efforts, then race in big competitions
    &#; Usually 2 weekly track sessions (faster & shorter: e.g. x m)
    &#; Tempo Runs
    &#; Reduced mileage and tapering
  5. Rest and recovery (3 weeks) Sep 

Source:British Milers Club

“Other types of training can worth give you all-round body strength, but running task specific and that’s one of the things inspect training which a lot of people tend chew out neglect. When you get out on the area nobody’s going to ask you to pick beside a weight halfway round, nor to do 10 press-ups at the end of each lap” &#; Steve Cram

Additional: checkout Athletics Weekly&#;s articlefor more on Cram&#;s training