Paul Pollock interview

Chivito550

For those interested Paul Pollock talks of his background in the sport, his performance in Moscow, and his future plans, among other things.

http://www.therunningreview.com/2013/10/21/athlete-qa-paul-pollock/

Clearlier

Both amusing and interesting that he didn't seem to understand what you meant by 'planned marathon pace'.

pconn062

Great interview. He also has a new blog if anyone is interested in following it.

http://paulpollock.blogspot.co.uk/

happygoose

More marathon talk

The volume of his training, 100 - 150 mpw seem par for the course for the Pollocks, Minnocks, Hehirs and Kennellys of this world.

I wonder how long they spend building to this volume, and I wonder how absolutely f*cked / on the edge of sickness / injury they are the whole time.

I also wonder how Joe Runner can get to optimal mileage (say 80+mpw) for a marathon, and I wonder how proportional mileage is to gains in marathon PB's, i.e. if X runs Y mileage currently, and his marathon time is Z, if X increases Y by 15 mpw 12 months later what can his expected increase in Z be? Can X afford to increase average mileage by 15 miles in the marathon cycle 12 months later safely without increasing the risk of sickness / injury? Obviously there are variables to consider like age, training age, current mpw, current pb and others that will affect the result of increasing mileage.

I do wonder.

woodchopper

happygoose wrote: »

More marathon talk

The volume of his training, 100 - 150 mpw seem par for the course for the Pollocks, Minnocks, Hehirs and Kennellys of this world.

I wonder how long they spend building to this volume, and I wonder how absolutely f*cked / on the edge of sickness / injury they are the whole time.

I also wonder how Joe Runner can get to optimal mileage (say 80+mpw) for a marathon, and I wonder how proportional mileage is to gains in marathon PB's, i.e. if X runs Y mileage currently, and his marathon time is Z, if X increases Y by 15 mpw 12 months later what can his expected increase in Z be? Can X afford to increase average mileage by 15 miles in the marathon cycle 12 months later safely without increasing the risk of sickness / injury? Obviously there are variables to consider like age, training age, current mpw, current pb and others that will affect the result of increasing mileage.

I do wonder.

There is a big difference between 100 and 150 miles a week. I doubt any of them are on that mileage as its unsustainable over the long term. I know Kenneally peaked at 130 for his marathon buildup to London but that is only for a few weeks. The rest of the year its in the 100-115 bracket most likely with down weeks in the region of 90 miles. I know there are others on this forum who would know how Bazman and Sean Hehir train but its probably as Pollock says no great mystery just logging miles week after week.