What Sprint Phase to Start After Winter Track To Beggining Of Spring Track?

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          speedking on February 18, 2005 at 7:39 am #10447

          What Sprint Phase to Start After Winter Track To Beggining Of Spring Track?

          I am a high school coach, and have several athletes (55 meters up to the 400) competing during the championship part of the winter season. We have 2 more meet left, and the last one is on Feb. 27th. I am wondering what to do with these athletes after the last meet of winter, because Spring Track begins March 7th. My Plan was to give them 4 days off, and then Start a 2 week GPP Phase of Intensive Tempo at 80 to 85%, along with accell, and then after 2 weeks, start a 2 weeks SPP phase with split runs at 90% along with accel/Max V. Am I giving them to much time off, and is the Intensive Tempo ok to start at the beggining of Spring?? Any Thoughts??

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          speedking on February 18, 2005 at 9:16 pm #42346

          Any one?? I know the intensive tempo is fine to start the spring with, i just want to know about the accel and max v

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on February 20, 2005 at 11:43 am #42347

          I think your plan sounds fine. I would set it up similarly. I’d limit the intensive tempo volume for the short sprinters though.

          ELITETRACK Founder

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          speedking on February 21, 2005 at 9:45 am #42348

          Thank you, i will be carefull with the 100 and 200 runners with the intensive tempo.

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          burkhalter on February 24, 2005 at 10:20 pm #42349

          Mike,

          Do you reccomend the volumes and rest periods as they are listed in the Pfaff section?

          For example 6×200 at 2min rest adding a minute per month eventually peaking at maybe 2-3 x 150 – 250 and with 20min rest. Problem I see with this is that if you work backwards from the peaking date you do not have enough months to get from 2 min to 20 min rest. Eventually you would have to draw the line for intensive tempo and extend the rest a good deal to get special end. right?

          How long would you use intensive tempo for short sprinters and when would you extend the rest to develop spec end?

          Thanks

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          Mike Young on February 25, 2005 at 11:32 pm #42350

          [i]Originally posted by LR1400[/i]
          Mike,
          Do you reccomend the volumes and rest periods as they are listed in the Pfaff section?

          For example 6×200 at 2min rest adding a minute per month eventually peaking at maybe 2-3 x 150 – 250 and with 20min rest. Problem I see with this is that if you work backwards from the peaking date you do not have enough months to get from 2 min to 20 min rest. Eventually you would have to draw the line for intensive tempo and extend the rest a good deal to get special end. right?

          Yep. Those guidelines are for post-collegiates who can train full time 10 months of the year and pick and choose their competitions.

          How long would you use intensive tempo for short sprinters and when would you extend the rest to develop spec end?

          I’d probably use it anywhere between 4 and 12 weeks, gradually extending the rest after each 4 week training block.

          ELITETRACK Founder

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