Borza, Juantorena and Everett?
I haven’t researched overly much but I think I remember these guys were low-mileage compared to the likes of Snell and such.
Aaron:
the misinformation out there in the American distance running community is absurd. I guess you were not supposed to run 2:00 in the 800m with less than 15 miles per week in volume. I’ve heard all the Lydiard disciples, often these coaches have numerous injuries and didn’t realize that Lydiard produced his most successful athletes in smaller countries with hilly coastlines, he didn’t have success in areas not fitting this descriptions.
Sprint400:
Kenyans don’t run 100 miles per week, they don’t do a whole lot of base training either. If you coached Callahan how long do you think it would take you to get him to 60mpw? It would take me 3+ more likely 4 years to reach that point as his coach. His fitness as it is right would likely have put him into the finals of regionals in either the 800 or 1500m and likely would have put him into contention to qualify for nationals at the NCAA DI level. Making him run 60 miles per week in the next year or two will likely break him.