Re: bpm for aerobic to anaerobic transition

Truman Prevatt (truman.prevatt@netsrq.com)
Sun, 17 Nov 1996 08:10:27 -0400

>Truman,
>
>i was talking with a track coach about the Kenyans today. One additional
>characteristic they exhibit is very light lower legs and very muscular upper
>legs.
>
>When Prefontaine was running at Oregon I had a talk with the Oregon distance
>coach--forget his name. He was telling me then about having his marathoners
>run stadium steps "for strength at the finish". At that time, he told me,
>"Remember, you're not training muscle cells, you're training neurons." A kind
>of "ask and ye shall get" approach.
>
>ti

Yea, we used to run stadium steps. During the cold days in early spring we
would run the steps in the gym for hours on end - that was the root cause
of my shin splints. Anyway I think coaches use it to train "guts" and how
to keep going and run through pain. Maybe that is what he ment "training
the neurons".

Truman

Truman Prevatt
Sarasota, FL