400m help!

kitkat1 · January 25, 2009, 6:02pm

Thank you for getting back so quickly. We are located in Ohio. She is obsessive about lifting and watching her weight, and is pretty vain about that. So, I’m pretty confident that she has not gained an ounce. I do not know exactly what she did last year, but she may remember some of the workouts that they did.

I know he used to give her a specific time to hit, which she would make every effort to do. She really believed in him, and he of her, which goes a long way mentally. I am friends with a soccer coach who also owns an indoor soccer facility not too far from her school, which has a 200m indoor track. So, on days when it really is too cold to be outside, we can train there. Would it be safe to convert one of the extensive temp workouts to a intensive workout after a week or so while they are still in the gym?

thanks so much.

I hesitate to stick my nose into anything Charlie offers his advice on - and I couldn’t comment on the issues of training indoors - but in case you were looking for some general ideas and discussion on training for the 400m the following link will take you to a summary version of War & Peace, err, the (dreaded) “lactate threshhold” thread which deals exclusively with one lap wonders.

http://www.charliefrancis.com/commun...d.php?p=118382

hmm, just tried it and hasn’t linked up for me (Pindaman help!!)

Strange, the link posted by Pindaman on page 113 of the threshold thread works perfectly. My IT IQ is about zero, so if you’re interested, go to p113 of the “lactate threshold” thread in the Fundamentals section.