Steve cram training schedule
Steve Cram
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80s 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.
Personal Bests:
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 hed follow straighten up 5 meso-cycle periodization plan within a 1 collection macro-cycle. Phases include:
- 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 - Altitude (3 weeks) March
Mainly to join training camp regard others who at altitude - 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
Theyd 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 - 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 - 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
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