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Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic
                                   December 11th 2009

       Proven Workouts and Training Strategies
          for H.S. Middle Distance Runners




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Friday, December 11, 2009
Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic
                                   December 11th 2009




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Friday, December 11, 2009
Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic
                                   December 11th 2009

        ✴ Don’t take notes - all slides are at coachjayjohnson.com




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Friday, December 11, 2009
Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic
                                   December 11th 2009

        ✴ Don’t take notes - all slides are at coachjayjohnson.com

        ✴ Do ask questions at the end of each section




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Friday, December 11, 2009
Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic
                                   December 11th 2009

        ✴ Don’t take notes - all slides are at coachjayjohnson.com

        ✴ Do ask questions at the end of each section

        ✴ Do take the time to go through the General Strength
          videos in the coming weeks


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Friday, December 11, 2009
Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic
                                   December 11th 2009

        ✴ Don’t take notes - all slides are at coachjayjohnson.com

        ✴ Do ask questions at the end of each section

        ✴ Do take the time to go through the General Strength
          videos in the coming weeks

        ✴ The aerobic/anaerobic handout is important, so let’s start
          with that...                              coachjayjohnson.com
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Friday, December 11, 2009
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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
              ✴    Is it a workout that makes you puke afterwards?




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
              ✴    Is it a workout that makes you puke afterwards?
              ✴    Is it “sharpening” work?




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                                                       coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
              ✴    Is it a workout that makes you puke afterwards?
              ✴    Is it “sharpening” work?
              ✴    Is it any workout at race pace?




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
              ✴    Is it a workout that makes you puke afterwards?
              ✴    Is it “sharpening” work?
              ✴    Is it any workout at race pace?
              ✴    Is it only workouts faster than race pace?



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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
              ✴    Is it a workout that makes you puke afterwards?
              ✴    Is it “sharpening” work?
              ✴    Is it any workout at race pace?
              ✴    Is it only workouts faster than race pace?
              ✴    Would Usain Bolt and Alan Webb agree on a definition?

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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
           From this moment forward
           I’d like you to think about
           these three things when you
           think about “Speed Work”
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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
           When you assign“speed work”
           you’re either squirting in lactate
           or your making the kid’s nervous
           system better...that’s it...just
           those two things.
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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
                            So then what’s
                             the deal with
                            the computer?



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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
                               Which
                             connection
                             would your
                            rather have?


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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
           Think of the computer as the athlete’s
           innate ratio of fast-twitch,
           intermediate and slow-twitch fibers.
           While a coach can’t significantly
           change that ratio, the coach can
           improve the athlete’s nervous system
           or “wiring.”                 coachjayjohnson.com
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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
       Can a coach significantly   Can you take an athlete
       change this?                from one to the another?




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
        Is this overly simple? Yes...but it’s mostly accurate
        and it will help you help the athletes you coach.




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”

                            Just focus on two
                            things: squirting
                            lactate into the system
                            and improv ing the
                            nervous system.
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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
                              The Tao of Speed
                            Just focus on two
                            things: squirting
                            lactate into the system
                            and improv ing the
                            nervous system.
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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
The Tao of Speed




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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
              ✴    Is it a workout that makes you puke afterwards?
              ✴    Is it “sharpening” work?
              ✴    Is it any workout at race pace?
              ✴    Is it only workouts faster than race pace?
              ✴    Would Usain Bolt and Alan Webb agree on a definition?

                                                                  coachjayjohnson.com
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Friday, December 11, 2009
What is “Speed Work?”
           “Speed Work” in the high school
           setting is any workout run at
           race pace or faster that squirts
           the appropriate amount of
           lactate into the system for that
           time of year.            coachjayjohnson.com
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Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?




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Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.    6 mmol.                  12 mmol.




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Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.         6 mmol.                  12 mmol.



          200’s until you Puke




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Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.          6 mmol.                  12 mmol.



          200’s until you Puke
           8x400 at 3,200m pace with 200m slow jogs




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                                            coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.          6 mmol.                   12 mmol.



          200’s until you Puke
           8x400 at 3,200m pace with 200m slow jogs
          “Running with the Buffaloes” - 16x300m (200 jog)
          at 8k XC Pace*


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                                             coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.               6 mmol.                       12 mmol.



          200’s until you Puke
           8x400 at 3,200m pace with 200m slow jogs
          “Running with the Buffaloes” - 16x300m (200 jog)
          at 8k XC Pace*
        * HS version would be 16x187m, which is 3k total....not a hard workout
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                            Boys            Girls



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Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                            Boys            Girls
    4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64*
    *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15




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Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                            Boys            Girls
    4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64*        5:12 1,600 = 76, 80, 80, 76*
    *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15      *last 400m = 20, 19, 19, 18




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Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                            Boys            Girls
    4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64*        5:12 1,600 = 76, 80, 80, 76*
    *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15      *last 400m = 20, 19, 19, 18
    How often do you give the athletes
    workouts that start at “mid-race
    pace” and end at 15/18 for 100m or
    31/37 for 200m?               coachjayjohnson.com
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                              4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64*
                              *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15




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Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                              4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64*
                              *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15




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Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                              4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64*
                              *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15
       2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min




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Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                                    4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64*
                                    *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15
       2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min
                            300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m




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Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                                     4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64*
                                     *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15
       2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min
                            300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m

                            8 min of easy jogging...can even get a drink



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Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                                    4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64*
                                    *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15
       2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min
                            300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m

                            8 min of easy jogging...can even get a drink
                            300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m

                                                                          coachjayjohnson.com
                                                                 coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                                    4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64*
                                    *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15
       2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min
                            300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m
                            50,60 sec,50,60 sec,50,60 sec,48-49,60 sec,48-49
                            8 min of easy jogging...can even get a drink
                            300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m

                                                                          coachjayjohnson.com
                                                                 coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                                    4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64*
                                    *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15
       2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min
                            300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m
                            50,60 sec,50,60 sec,50,60 sec,48-49,60 sec,48-49
                            8 min of easy jogging...can even get a drink
                            300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m
                            50,60 sec,50,60 sec,49,60 sec,47-48,60 sec,45-47
                                                                          coachjayjohnson.com
                                                                 coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Stereotype the Race
                                    4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64*
                                    *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15
       2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min
                            300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m
                            50,60 sec,50,60 sec,50,60 sec,48-49,60 sec,48-49
                            8 min of easy jogging...can even get a drink
                            300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m
                            50,60 sec,50,60 sec,49,60 sec,47-48,60 sec,45-47
                            Slower than 4:24 pace   Faster than 4:24 pace coachjayjohnson.com
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Question
     On the first day of outdoor track
     practice can athletes safely run 100m
     in 15 seconds or 18 seconds, assuming
     you gave them a 20m run in?



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Friday, December 11, 2009
Question
    On the first day of outdoor track
    practice can athletes safely run 100m
    in 15 seconds or 18 seconds, assuming
    you gave them a 20m run in?
    100’s and 150’s at “end of the race”
    pace should be assigned as early as
    athletes can safely handle them.
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Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.          6 mmol.                   12 mmol.



          200’s until you Puke
           8x400 at 3,200m pace with 200m slow jogs
          “Running with the Buffaloes” - 16x300m (200 jog)
          at 8k XC Pace*


                                                      coachjayjohnson.com
                                             coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.          6 mmol.                    12 mmol.



          200’s until you Puke
           8x400 at 3,200m pace with 200m slow jogs
          “Running with the Buffaloes” - 16x300m (200 jog)
          at 8k XC Pace*
          800m workouts     3,200m workouts          XC workouts
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Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.          6 mmol.                  12 mmol.


           800m workouts
           200’s until you Puke




                                                     coachjayjohnson.com
                                            coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.         6 mmol.                   12 mmol.


           800m workouts
           200’s until you Puke
           2x3x300m at 800m pace with 90 sec and 5 minutes




                                                     coachjayjohnson.com
                                            coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.         6 mmol.                   12 mmol.


           800m workouts
           200’s until you Puke
           2x3x300m at 800m pace with 90 sec and 5 minutes
           2x3x300m at 800m pace with 3 min and 10 minutes


                                                     coachjayjohnson.com
                                            coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.            6 mmol.                    12 mmol.


           800m workouts
           200’s until you Puke
           2x3x300m at 800m pace with 90 sec and 5 minutes
           2x3x300m at 800m pace with 3 min and 10 minutes
           300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog
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Friday, December 11, 2009
photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Maggie Vessey
                      photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Maggie Vessey
   2007 - 2:11.57
                      photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Maggie Vessey
   2007 - 2:11.57                     2008 - 2:02.10
                      photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Maggie Vessey
   2007 - 2:11.57                     2008 - 2:02.10 2009 - 1:57.84
                      photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout




                      photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
  I have a workout I call the Connector workout. You've done some cardio,
  you've done some real short stuff.
  So then how do you something that is race specific without actually racing
  and just tearing people down??? This is an old Bowerman thing. You
  obviously know about the 40-30 drill (where an athlete runs 200
  meters repeats continuously alternating them in 40 seconds/30 seconds).
  Well, when you have a half-miler of Maggie's ability, you maybe start in the
  fall with maybe 32-33 and then just add 10 seconds to that. So she'd run a
  43 second 200 and then a 33 second 200 and then do that again. It's a non-
  stop half mile of running but with varied pace. Now that's a 2:32 half. You
  do 3 or 4 of those. That's a decent workout.
                              - Interview with Robert Johnson of LetsRun.com, 08.12.09

                      photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.     6 mmol.                  12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout




                                                coachjayjohnson.com
                                       coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.       6 mmol.                  12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
                ...one guess as to what’s going on...



                                                  coachjayjohnson.com
                                         coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.       6 mmol.                  12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
                ...one guess as to what’s going on...
             200m in 42,



                                                  coachjayjohnson.com
                                         coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.           6 mmol.                  12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
                ...one guess as to what’s going on...
             200m in 42, 200m in 32,



                                                      coachjayjohnson.com
                                             coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.           6 mmol.                   12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
                ...one guess as to what’s going on...
             200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42,



                                                       coachjayjohnson.com
                                              coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.           6 mmol.                   12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
                ...one guess as to what’s going on...
             200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42, 200m in 32



                                                       coachjayjohnson.com
                                              coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.           6 mmol.                   12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
                ...one guess as to what’s going on...
             200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42, 200m in 32
         Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
          one of the keys to middle distance success
                                                       coachjayjohnson.com
                                              coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.        6 mmol.                  12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
              ...another guess as to what’s going on...

         Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
          one of the keys to middle distance success
                                                   coachjayjohnson.com
                                          coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.        6 mmol.                  12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
              ...another guess as to what’s going on...
             200m in 42,
         Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
          one of the keys to middle distance success
                                                   coachjayjohnson.com
                                          coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.           6 mmol.                  12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
              ...another guess as to what’s going on...
             200m in 42, 200m in 32,
         Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
          one of the keys to middle distance success
                                                      coachjayjohnson.com
                                             coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.           6 mmol.                   12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
              ...another guess as to what’s going on...
             200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42,
         Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
          one of the keys to middle distance success
                                                       coachjayjohnson.com
                                              coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.           6 mmol.                   12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
              ...another guess as to what’s going on...
             200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42, 200m in 32
         Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
          one of the keys to middle distance success
                                                       coachjayjohnson.com
                                              coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.           6 mmol.                   12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
              ...a third guess as to what’s going on...
             200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42, 200m in 32
         Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
          one of the keys to middle distance success
                                                       coachjayjohnson.com
                                              coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.           6 mmol.                   12 mmol.



             Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
              ...a fourth guess as to what’s going on...
             200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42, 200m in 32
         Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
          one of the keys to middle distance success
                                                       coachjayjohnson.com
                                              coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
       Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
        one of the keys to middle distance success
       How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.     6 mmol.                  12 mmol.




                                                coachjayjohnson.com
                                       coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
       Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
        one of the keys to middle distance success
       How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.     6 mmol.                  12 mmol.




                                                coachjayjohnson.com
                                       coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout
       Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
        one of the keys to middle distance success
       How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.     6 mmol.                  12 mmol.

             Who cares? Just teach
         athletes to deal with lactate!!!       coachjayjohnson.com
                                       coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.            6 mmol.                    12 mmol.


           800m workouts
           200’s until you Puke
           2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes
           2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes
           300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog



                                                         coachjayjohnson.com
                                                coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
How much lactate does a workout produce?
                 O mmol.             6 mmol.                    12 mmol.


           800m workouts
           200’s until you Puke
           2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes
           2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes
           300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog
           The point of this slide is not the mmol. of lactate
           associated with each workout. The point is that
           workouts exist on a continuum              coachjayjohnson.com
                                                  coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
The point of this slide is not the mmol. of lactate
           associated with each workout. The point is that
           workouts exist on a continuum
                 O mmol.            6 mmol.                    12 mmol.

           800m workouts
           200’s until you Puke
           2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes
           2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes
           300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog

                                                         coachjayjohnson.com
                                                coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
         one of the keys to middle distance success
                 O mmol.            6 mmol.                    12 mmol.

           800m workouts
           200’s until you Puke
           2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes
           2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes
           300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog

                                                         coachjayjohnson.com
                                                coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
         one of the keys to middle distance success
                 O mmol.            6 mmol.                    12 mmol.

           800m workouts
           200’s until you Puke
           2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes
           2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes
           300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog

                                                         coachjayjohnson.com
                                                coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
         one of the keys to middle distance success
                 O mmol.            6 mmol.                    12 mmol.

           800m workouts
           200’s until you Puke
           2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes
           2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes
           300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog
           Early Season     Mid Season    Late Season    coachjayjohnson.com
                                                coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is
         one of the keys to middle distance success
                 O mmol.            6 mmol.                    12 mmol.

           800m workouts
           200’s until you Puke
           2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes
           2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes
           300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog
           Early Season     Mid Season    Late Season    coachjayjohnson.com
                                                coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic
                                   December 11th 2009

       Proven Workouts and Training Strategies
          for H.S. Middle Distance Runners

                            Questions
                                                                 coachjayjohnson.com
                                                        coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com
Friday, December 11, 2009

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Middle Distance Theory

  • 1. Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic December 11th 2009 Proven Workouts and Training Strategies for H.S. Middle Distance Runners coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 2. Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic December 11th 2009 coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 3. Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic December 11th 2009 ✴ Don’t take notes - all slides are at coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 4. Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic December 11th 2009 ✴ Don’t take notes - all slides are at coachjayjohnson.com ✴ Do ask questions at the end of each section coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 5. Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic December 11th 2009 ✴ Don’t take notes - all slides are at coachjayjohnson.com ✴ Do ask questions at the end of each section ✴ Do take the time to go through the General Strength videos in the coming weeks coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 6. Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic December 11th 2009 ✴ Don’t take notes - all slides are at coachjayjohnson.com ✴ Do ask questions at the end of each section ✴ Do take the time to go through the General Strength videos in the coming weeks ✴ The aerobic/anaerobic handout is important, so let’s start with that... coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 7. coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 8. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 9. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 10. What is “Speed Work?” ✴ Is it a workout that makes you puke afterwards? coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 11. What is “Speed Work?” ✴ Is it a workout that makes you puke afterwards? ✴ Is it “sharpening” work? coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 12. What is “Speed Work?” ✴ Is it a workout that makes you puke afterwards? ✴ Is it “sharpening” work? ✴ Is it any workout at race pace? coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 13. What is “Speed Work?” ✴ Is it a workout that makes you puke afterwards? ✴ Is it “sharpening” work? ✴ Is it any workout at race pace? ✴ Is it only workouts faster than race pace? coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 14. What is “Speed Work?” ✴ Is it a workout that makes you puke afterwards? ✴ Is it “sharpening” work? ✴ Is it any workout at race pace? ✴ Is it only workouts faster than race pace? ✴ Would Usain Bolt and Alan Webb agree on a definition? coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 15. What is “Speed Work?” From this moment forward I’d like you to think about these three things when you think about “Speed Work” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 16. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 17. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 18. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 19. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 20. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 21. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 22. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 23. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 24. What is “Speed Work?” When you assign“speed work” you’re either squirting in lactate or your making the kid’s nervous system better...that’s it...just those two things. coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 25. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 26. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 27. What is “Speed Work?” So then what’s the deal with the computer? coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 28. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 29. What is “Speed Work?” Which connection would your rather have? coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 30. What is “Speed Work?” Think of the computer as the athlete’s innate ratio of fast-twitch, intermediate and slow-twitch fibers. While a coach can’t significantly change that ratio, the coach can improve the athlete’s nervous system or “wiring.” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 31. What is “Speed Work?” Can a coach significantly Can you take an athlete change this? from one to the another? coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 32. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 33. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 34. What is “Speed Work?” Is this overly simple? Yes...but it’s mostly accurate and it will help you help the athletes you coach. coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 35. What is “Speed Work?” coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 36. What is “Speed Work?” Just focus on two things: squirting lactate into the system and improv ing the nervous system. coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 37. What is “Speed Work?” The Tao of Speed Just focus on two things: squirting lactate into the system and improv ing the nervous system. coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 38. What is “Speed Work?” The Tao of Speed coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 39. What is “Speed Work?” ✴ Is it a workout that makes you puke afterwards? ✴ Is it “sharpening” work? ✴ Is it any workout at race pace? ✴ Is it only workouts faster than race pace? ✴ Would Usain Bolt and Alan Webb agree on a definition? coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 40. What is “Speed Work?” “Speed Work” in the high school setting is any workout run at race pace or faster that squirts the appropriate amount of lactate into the system for that time of year. coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 41. How much lactate does a workout produce? coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 42. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 43. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 200’s until you Puke coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 44. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 200’s until you Puke 8x400 at 3,200m pace with 200m slow jogs coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 45. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 200’s until you Puke 8x400 at 3,200m pace with 200m slow jogs “Running with the Buffaloes” - 16x300m (200 jog) at 8k XC Pace* coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 46. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 200’s until you Puke 8x400 at 3,200m pace with 200m slow jogs “Running with the Buffaloes” - 16x300m (200 jog) at 8k XC Pace* * HS version would be 16x187m, which is 3k total....not a hard workout coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 47. Stereotype the Race Boys Girls coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 48. Stereotype the Race Boys Girls 4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64* *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15 coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 49. Stereotype the Race Boys Girls 4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64* 5:12 1,600 = 76, 80, 80, 76* *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15 *last 400m = 20, 19, 19, 18 coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 50. Stereotype the Race Boys Girls 4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64* 5:12 1,600 = 76, 80, 80, 76* *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15 *last 400m = 20, 19, 19, 18 How often do you give the athletes workouts that start at “mid-race pace” and end at 15/18 for 100m or 31/37 for 200m? coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 51. Stereotype the Race 4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64* *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15 coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 52. Stereotype the Race 4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64* *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15 coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 53. Stereotype the Race 4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64* *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15 2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 54. Stereotype the Race 4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64* *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15 2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min 300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 55. Stereotype the Race 4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64* *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15 2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min 300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m 8 min of easy jogging...can even get a drink coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 56. Stereotype the Race 4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64* *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15 2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min 300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m 8 min of easy jogging...can even get a drink 300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 57. Stereotype the Race 4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64* *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15 2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min 300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m 50,60 sec,50,60 sec,50,60 sec,48-49,60 sec,48-49 8 min of easy jogging...can even get a drink 300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 58. Stereotype the Race 4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64* *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15 2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min 300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m 50,60 sec,50,60 sec,50,60 sec,48-49,60 sec,48-49 8 min of easy jogging...can even get a drink 300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m 50,60 sec,50,60 sec,49,60 sec,47-48,60 sec,45-47 coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 59. Stereotype the Race 4:24 1,600m = 64, 68, 68, 64* *last 400m = 16.5, 16.5, 16, 15 2x5x300m at 1,600m pace with 60 sec and 8 min 300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m 50,60 sec,50,60 sec,50,60 sec,48-49,60 sec,48-49 8 min of easy jogging...can even get a drink 300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m,60 sec,300m 50,60 sec,50,60 sec,49,60 sec,47-48,60 sec,45-47 Slower than 4:24 pace Faster than 4:24 pace coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 60. Question On the first day of outdoor track practice can athletes safely run 100m in 15 seconds or 18 seconds, assuming you gave them a 20m run in? coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 61. Question On the first day of outdoor track practice can athletes safely run 100m in 15 seconds or 18 seconds, assuming you gave them a 20m run in? 100’s and 150’s at “end of the race” pace should be assigned as early as athletes can safely handle them. coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 62. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 200’s until you Puke 8x400 at 3,200m pace with 200m slow jogs “Running with the Buffaloes” - 16x300m (200 jog) at 8k XC Pace* coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 63. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 200’s until you Puke 8x400 at 3,200m pace with 200m slow jogs “Running with the Buffaloes” - 16x300m (200 jog) at 8k XC Pace* 800m workouts 3,200m workouts XC workouts coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 64. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 800m workouts 200’s until you Puke coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 65. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 800m workouts 200’s until you Puke 2x3x300m at 800m pace with 90 sec and 5 minutes coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 66. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 800m workouts 200’s until you Puke 2x3x300m at 800m pace with 90 sec and 5 minutes 2x3x300m at 800m pace with 3 min and 10 minutes coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 67. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 800m workouts 200’s until you Puke 2x3x300m at 800m pace with 90 sec and 5 minutes 2x3x300m at 800m pace with 3 min and 10 minutes 300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 68. photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 69. Maggie Vessey photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 70. Maggie Vessey 2007 - 2:11.57 photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 71. Maggie Vessey 2007 - 2:11.57 2008 - 2:02.10 photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 72. Maggie Vessey 2007 - 2:11.57 2008 - 2:02.10 2009 - 1:57.84 photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 73. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 74. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout I have a workout I call the Connector workout. You've done some cardio, you've done some real short stuff. So then how do you something that is race specific without actually racing and just tearing people down??? This is an old Bowerman thing. You obviously know about the 40-30 drill (where an athlete runs 200 meters repeats continuously alternating them in 40 seconds/30 seconds). Well, when you have a half-miler of Maggie's ability, you maybe start in the fall with maybe 32-33 and then just add 10 seconds to that. So she'd run a 43 second 200 and then a 33 second 200 and then do that again. It's a non- stop half mile of running but with varied pace. Now that's a 2:32 half. You do 3 or 4 of those. That's a decent workout. - Interview with Robert Johnson of LetsRun.com, 08.12.09 photo by Randy Miyazaki of TrackandFieldPhoto.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 75. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 76. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...one guess as to what’s going on... coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 77. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...one guess as to what’s going on... 200m in 42, coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 78. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...one guess as to what’s going on... 200m in 42, 200m in 32, coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 79. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...one guess as to what’s going on... 200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42, coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 80. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...one guess as to what’s going on... 200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42, 200m in 32 coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 81. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...one guess as to what’s going on... 200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42, 200m in 32 Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 82. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...another guess as to what’s going on... Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 83. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...another guess as to what’s going on... 200m in 42, Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 84. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...another guess as to what’s going on... 200m in 42, 200m in 32, Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 85. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...another guess as to what’s going on... 200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42, Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 86. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...another guess as to what’s going on... 200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42, 200m in 32 Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 87. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...a third guess as to what’s going on... 200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42, 200m in 32 Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 88. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout ...a fourth guess as to what’s going on... 200m in 42, 200m in 32, 200m in 42, 200m in 32 Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 89. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 90. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 91. Coach Greg Brock’s Connector Workout Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. Who cares? Just teach athletes to deal with lactate!!! coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 92. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 800m workouts 200’s until you Puke 2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes 2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes 300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 93. How much lactate does a workout produce? O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 800m workouts 200’s until you Puke 2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes 2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes 300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog The point of this slide is not the mmol. of lactate associated with each workout. The point is that workouts exist on a continuum coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 94. The point of this slide is not the mmol. of lactate associated with each workout. The point is that workouts exist on a continuum O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 800m workouts 200’s until you Puke 2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes 2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes 300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 95. Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 800m workouts 200’s until you Puke 2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes 2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes 300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 96. Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 800m workouts 200’s until you Puke 2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes 2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes 300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 97. Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 800m workouts 200’s until you Puke 2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes 2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes 300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog Early Season Mid Season Late Season coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 98. Dealing with lactate, not producing lactate, is one of the keys to middle distance success O mmol. 6 mmol. 12 mmol. 800m workouts 200’s until you Puke 2x3x300m with 90 sec and 5 minutes 2x3x300m with 3 min and 10 minutes 300m “fast, faster, fastest” with 2 min walk, 3 min jog Early Season Mid Season Late Season coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009
  • 99. Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic December 11th 2009 Proven Workouts and Training Strategies for H.S. Middle Distance Runners Questions coachjayjohnson.com coachjayjohnson @ gmail.com Friday, December 11, 2009