|
The primary benefit of speedwork is to teach the body how to run anaerobically--to
run fast when the muscles can't get enough oxygen. To run faster than you have
ever run before, you must go beyond your capacity. Speed workouts take you beyond
in a regular series of small extensions. By the end of the speed session, you
should have simulated the anaerobic demands of the race itself. Speedwork brings
you to the peak of performance and prepares you to race. When you have completed
each of the small speed workouts in succession, you are at least physiologically
ready to go. Of course you still have to take off at the crack of the gun and
do it. Nevertheless you have the confidence of being prepared.
|
