Melbourne Track Classic 2010

[Actuary400m]

@Sam_S

I’d say the 300 would be from standing, and the back up 60 is rolling, as it would be extremely hard to accelerate from standing when significantly lactated. what usually happens is the athlete will roll in, accelerate for as much as they can, then just hold. i find when doing these work outs the first rep feels awful, but the subsequent back up reps start to feel pretty good as the lactate is metabolised and converted to energy.

Thanks for the response. So on the rolling 60m fly, the athlete isn’t really running much more than 60m. I agree: it would be tough to accelerate while fatigued after the 300m. I haven’t built these kinds of workouts into my training yet, but am considering doing so. All I know is that I am pretty cashed after running an aggressive 300. Any kind of back-up reps are going to be grueling!