Half Marathon

The stereotypical runner sometimes has a reputation of being determined,persistent, hard-nosed, stubborn, black and white, and perfectionistic. That’s why we’re so loved! We’re also loyal, dependable, honest, and usually on time! Just as there are many different types of runners, there are many different types of running methodologies. Someone wise once told me there are a thousand different ways of doing something and three of them are
right!
 
I have seen evidence of this in many things in life. For running, if I were to pick the 3 “right” ways of running training, they would be the “soft” style of Lydiard, the “hard” style of Igloi, and the “multi-paced” style of Horwill.
 
My influences are certainly touched by all three because they all produced results from a wide-span of distances, from mile to marathon.
I obviously respect the Lydiard legacy and have discussed his methods with Rod Dixon, one of his top runners and who showed his range as an Olympic 1500 medalist and the winner of the New York Marathon.
 
Although Lydiard is known for long slow distance, his style could also be argued as multi-paced. On a true Lydiard schedule, speed work and tempo runs were as present as the long run.
 
I have been personally trained in the Igloi interval methodology by one of his top runners, Laszlo Tabori, the third man in history to break the four minute mile. Despite his middle distance legacy as a runner, Laszlo coached
several women to marathon world records.
 
But as the name implies, 5 Speed running is most influenced by the multipaced methodology of Jim Hunt, coach of countless college All-Americans and Frank Horwill, the great British coach of milers and marathoners alike.

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