I started a running routine 3.5 months ago that follows the Maffetone philosphy. Starting with 15 minute runs, I've worked my way up to 45 min runs at my Maximum Aerobic Function, excluding warmup and cool down times. So far so good - no injuries and I haven't gotten sick. I continue to add minutes with each passing week. A few burning questions:
1. Maffetone suggests using the formula 180-AGE with some modifiers to determine your MAF. While I've been following this formula, I am not confident of its accuracy. I'll be doing a VO2 MAX test at a lab in a few weeks - how do I incorporate that data so I have a more accurate MAF?
2. Do I need to perform a MAF test for each activity that I do? I've only been doing one for running. I bike and climb too.
3. I am having alot of trouble maintaining a steady heart rate when I do these tests. Anyone else have that problem? Its kind of a pain - modify up, down, etc ,etc...constantly have to watch the HRM.
4. My pace is only slightly faster than walking. When am I gonna get faster??! :-).
I started a running routine 3.5 months ago that follows the Maffetone philosphy.
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4. My pace is only slightly faster than walking. When am I gonna get faster??! :-).
When you get rid of that Maffetone [censored] and get on a RUNNING program. Maffetone contributed to this NG for a while, but left quickly because he received a lot of opposition (as in quack). On the other hand, many people here have tried the "Daniels Running Formula," by Jack Daniels PhD and done well with it. Bob Glover's books are another place to look.
Lyndon
"Speed Kills...It kills those that don't have it!" --US Olympic Track Coach Brooks Johnson
Oh dang, and it looked so convincing too. Well, at the very least, does it make for some good base training? Thanks for the pointers to the other authors, I will surely check them out. I also have Joe Friel's MTB and Triathlon books - he seems to present a good periodicized approach to training as well, especially wrt. to multisport training.
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I started a running routine 3.5 months ago that follows the Maffetone philosphy.
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4. My pace is only slightly faster than walking. When am I gonna get faster??! :-).
When you get rid of that Maffetone [censored] and get on a RUNNING program. Maffetone contributed to this NG for a while, but left quickly because he received a lot of opposition (as in quack). On the other hand, many people here have tried the "Daniels Running Formula," by Jack Daniels PhD and done well with it. Bob Glover's books are another place to look.
Lyndon
"Speed Kills...It kills those that don't have it!" --US Olympic Track Coach Brooks Johnson
