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Hadd's Approach To Distance Running

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Ultracat Oct 2009 11:33am, 11 Oct 2009 7,170 posts	Quote Pin Ultracat well I could never do 7 min miling even running flat out. I have found my problem is getting HR up not keeping it down, I like running comfortably.
Pammie Oct 2009 11:41am, 11 Oct 2009 6,435 posts	Quote Pin Pammie The way i have read into Hadd is not to automatically jump straight up to sub lactate pace (HR) but to do it gradually say for example your 70% runs are at 135 HR then you would build into efforts of 15 minutes at say 145-150 HR do 2-3 of these into a run its all about gradually building up the runs without rushing lots of patience then when it becomes easy you build up again
Pammie Oct 2009 11:48am, 11 Oct 2009 6,436 posts	Quote Pin Pammie There used to be 2 long threads about all this over on Lets Run where the man himself gave imput. Sadly the mammoth thread got deleted. But here is another one sadly the 1st post is missing but explains clearly how to start letsrun.com
Hendo Oct 2009 11:51am, 11 Oct 2009 26,374 posts	Quote Pin Hendo The 80% thing for sub LT runs - are we on %age of max or WHR?
Pammie Oct 2009 11:53am, 11 Oct 2009 6,437 posts	Quote Pin Pammie Hendo in the Lets Run threads Hadd always talked about MHR
Oct 2009 11:53am, 11 Oct 2009 40 posts	Quote Pin Nearly there pammie. Idea is you start a good bit below for most of your work with a couple just below the LT and once you reach HR stability at a set pace regardless of distance, you crank it up a notch and repeat. UC: Everyone can do better than 7mm pace easy, the question is how long can you hold it. Hadd is about training 'comfortable' in a set fashion which gives an end result of fast paces for more than a few miles being sustained for hours happily and with no sense of exertion so much so you feel you could go round again.
Oct 2009 11:56am, 11 Oct 2009 41 posts	Quote Pin You can rinse and repeat till you end up like teh mighty boab 5mm for hours, or if you're really spechul theoretically you could compete with people like Haile lol
Pammie Oct 2009 12:09pm, 11 Oct 2009 6,438 posts	Quote Pin Pammie Thanks for pointing that out HP i do remember reading that out never good at explaining myself esp in print
Hendo Oct 2009 12:10pm, 11 Oct 2009 26,375 posts	Quote Pin Hendo Thanks Pammie - so using my numbers (51 and 189), a Hadd 80% Sub-LT run is about 72% of WHR, and a Hadd sub 70% run is more like 60% WHR. Crumbs.
Oct 2009 12:11pm, 11 Oct 2009 42 posts	Quote Pin img230.imageshack.us Excuse my lovely drawing skills with a laptop touchpad. Comparison of poorly conditioned and well conditioned at the same paces. When you start eating into more and more of the 'anaerobic range', your ability to sustain decreases massively with each small increase of speed. Your heart rate also becomes erratic etc etc. Boost your LT up to rates you couldn't hold comfortably before for anything more than a short period if at all and you are now a happy bunny and can coast without breathing out your arse and your heart rate going nuts.