400m S-L questions

[Charlie_Francis]

@ASheaff

Thanks for this information. Three questions.

1. In the S2L, the alactic day drops out after 7 weeks. Is this because the necessary speed has been developed, or because this work is beginning to compete with the special endurance demands, which are increasing every week? Is this required to intensify the SE?

2. In the L2S, with the first rep being 300m throughout the training period, should performance be going up throughout the cycle, or is it more of a general trend as fitness moves up, and volumes come back down? Should athletes be leaving something “in the tank” in the beginning?

3. How do these training plans fit in the yearly cycle? Is process repeated, but at a higher level, or does the training move more towards SE (S2L) and more towards Speed (L2S) with each phase?

Thanks again.

1: Yes
2: There is some moderation but the times generally progress as specific ability is put in place.
3: The plans actually begin to converge and that would be reflected if subsequent, short, SPPs occurred. The S-to-L you see here was set up as a single SPP due to the particular circumstance but would normally follow a substantial GPP and all 400 programs would normally have longer GPP lead-ins, IMO, which would leave somewhat less time in further SPP cycles.
I think you can evaluate all this best with a review of the lactate thread in the archives- that’s a gold mine.