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From: turlo
Date: 7/19/2004
Time: 4:33:03 PM
Remote Name: 212.19.84.17
agreed with the 6 stage comments!
But dissagree with comments that training trips are a waste of time
The ledgenary training tirps that wayne runs put those atheletes who are semi motivated in an environment where they have the opportunity the get intoo the true spirit of distance running ie. living in a mud hut at the top of a mountain leading a very basic lifestyle while training 3 times day and hiking up mountains in excess of 3000 meters each day.
The majority of people who go on thes trips come back in love with running and totally motivated
These trips are probably more about the long term psychological benefits rather than the short term physiological benefits
This is why we get are juniors away on trips to edale and the sand dunes in wales from a very young age as we live in a society where running is percieved as boring and many young people don't get to experience what running is really about until they go on trips such as these!
Running is so simply but many modern coaches and runners have placed to greater empathis on bringing sports science in to their training programs while forgetting where they really came from.
Luckily WW and people like myself are from the old school and can see through most of the bulls**t and pick out the important bits that may be of use!
cheers