question about allan wells training

[nycjay01]

@Youngy

I trained under Jim for about 4 seasons (I had one year away in that time).

But I also dabbled in Jim’s methods before that and spent some time in Scotland training with one of Jim’s best ever runners, a fellow called George McNeil.

Anyway with Jim, I did a winter of gym work and run throughs and then started on the track about 12 weeks before the first meet.

The track is basic and little variation but it involves 50/20/50’s (FEF) and 60’s building up over a period of 6 weeks from say, 60% to flat out.

Once race fit, it is 60’s and 80’s and ‘flying 50’s’ with the occasional trial over 120m.

The quarter milers begin to eke out the distance in November (after 12 weeks on the track) to sessions like 2 x 2 200’s or 200/60/60 or a trial over 300.

It becomes more individual once we are in comp phase so it is depends on the athlete.

I just received my copy of jim bradley’s book. It was a great read. I felt like I went back in time reading about the pro running circuts. The training is exactly as you have posted on this thread Youngy. What I found more interesting than the training were all the battle stories and secret “preps” for the Powderhall Sprint race… This book was a fun read Im glad I got it!!!