Stephen Scullion is the best UA-camr in terms of running because he unreservedly shares his philosophy, experience and knowledge of what how and why to train effectively, and I believe that his philosophy can apply to any level of runners. Thanks for the great interview.
His points about making your activities count, instead of just relying on volume, seems to make a lot sense to me. Not all of us have the time devote to 100+ miles a week, and changing up activities to inlcude other sports can only be beneficial. Make your training time count.
love the video MAtt, another great one. quick question. is it me, or are people changing the meaning of Threshold. I know there is ambiguity around the terms threshold/tempo etc, but how can he say "slower than marathon effort" is threshold effort? I thought threshold was universally understood to be a pace you can hold for 60mins? I'm fairly sure threshold must be faster than marathon pace? what am I missing?
I think what Haas is saying is that at altitude they can do threshold work but it’s still a slower pace than marathon pace at sea level. Threshold does not mean 1 hour pace. That is a nice description of the upper limit of threshold or where most people find LT2 (lactate turnpoint/anaerobic threshold or whatever term you like). Threshold in my eyes is anything between LT1 and LT2. When you see double threshold they are normally doing a low end threshold closer to LT1 in the morning and then closer to LT2 in the second session of the day. The term has because as vague as tempo really. I used to refer to the low end stuff as sub threshold work but that term seems to be out of favour amongst many athletes, coaches and academics. So in Haas example they could be doing 5 x 2km threshold work at 5:30/ mile at altitude but the athlete might end up racing at 5:20/mile for the marathon at sea level. Even at sea level I’ve done lots of low end threshold work slower than my PB marathon pace. The term is vague and in the end what matters is that you are doing runs that are improving you towards your targets.
@@TheWelshRunner ok, that makes sense. I saw the breakdown that Sculy did on a video describing the lower end of Threshold, so that makes sense. I think im going to have to get in a lab for threshold testing t really know where my own LT1/2 etc are currently at. thanks for the detailed reply!
What a great interview. Scully is one of the best on UA-cam along with you Matt. I always feel like I learn loads from him. Very interesting about the balance between easy miles and workouts. Maybe most people (including myself) have had it wrong about the 80/20 philosophy being the best way forward but when you see a big percentage of kipchoges work is at super slow paces it’s hard to argue. Against it. Perhaps there’s room for both schools of thought. What’s your opinion on this Matt?
SS and the coach have different approaches. I definitely think high volume can cause injuries. If SS responds best to low volume/high intensity, he should stick to that.
Stephen's approach sounds a dangerous one, probably best suited to some experienced runners. I'm sure he said in a recent video he got a muscle injury in a training block due to some overtraining. Although I liked his points of you need to see improvements during your training and you shouldn't wait till the taper for your body to recover.
His marathon plan and his running masterclass stress recovery big time. He often points out the need to reduce training mileage or to cross train if your body needs it, and the majority of the pressure from him is to take care of your strengthwork, psychology, recovery and nutrition.
Stephen Scullion is the best UA-camr in terms of running because he unreservedly shares his philosophy, experience and knowledge of what how and why to train effectively, and I believe that his philosophy can apply to any level of runners. Thanks for the great interview.
That interview with Stephen was awesome, great questions, great answers 😁👍
His points about making your activities count, instead of just relying on volume, seems to make a lot sense to me. Not all of us have the time devote to 100+ miles a week, and changing up activities to inlcude other sports can only be beneficial. Make your training time count.
Thanks for the great interview. You guys are two of my top ten favorite runners.!!
Stephen has some very interesting ideas and points. Thanks for this great interview!
Awesome. Cheers for this.
great watch thanks
love the video MAtt, another great one. quick question. is it me, or are people changing the meaning of Threshold. I know there is ambiguity around the terms threshold/tempo etc, but how can he say "slower than marathon effort" is threshold effort? I thought threshold was universally understood to be a pace you can hold for 60mins? I'm fairly sure threshold must be faster than marathon pace? what am I missing?
I think what Haas is saying is that at altitude they can do threshold work but it’s still a slower pace than marathon pace at sea level. Threshold does not mean 1 hour pace. That is a nice description of the upper limit of threshold or where most people find LT2 (lactate turnpoint/anaerobic threshold or whatever term you like). Threshold in my eyes is anything between LT1 and LT2. When you see double threshold they are normally doing a low end threshold closer to LT1 in the morning and then closer to LT2 in the second session of the day. The term has because as vague as tempo really. I used to refer to the low end stuff as sub threshold work but that term seems to be out of favour amongst many athletes, coaches and academics. So in Haas example they could be doing 5 x 2km threshold work at 5:30/ mile at altitude but the athlete might end up racing at 5:20/mile for the marathon at sea level. Even at sea level I’ve done lots of low end threshold work slower than my PB marathon pace. The term is vague and in the end what matters is that you are doing runs that are improving you towards your targets.
@@TheWelshRunner ok, that makes sense. I saw the breakdown that Sculy did on a video describing the lower end of Threshold, so that makes sense. I think im going to have to get in a lab for threshold testing t really know where my own LT1/2 etc are currently at. thanks for the detailed reply!
What a great interview. Scully is one of the best on UA-cam along with you Matt. I always feel like I learn loads from him. Very interesting about the balance between easy miles and workouts. Maybe most people (including myself) have had it wrong about the 80/20 philosophy being the best way forward but when you see a big percentage of kipchoges work is at super slow paces it’s hard to argue. Against it. Perhaps there’s room for both schools of thought. What’s your opinion on this Matt?
I also picked up on that
SS and the coach have different approaches. I definitely think high volume can cause injuries. If SS responds best to low volume/high intensity, he should stick to that.
Stephen's approach sounds a dangerous one, probably best suited to some experienced runners. I'm sure he said in a recent video he got a muscle injury in a training block due to some overtraining. Although I liked his points of you need to see improvements during your training and you shouldn't wait till the taper for your body to recover.
His marathon plan and his running masterclass stress recovery big time. He often points out the need to reduce training mileage or to cross train if your body needs it, and the majority of the pressure from him is to take care of your strengthwork, psychology, recovery and nutrition.
Seems like this maybe the wrong group for Scullion. Haas is preaching volume and yet Stephen ran 2:09 on 75 miles/week.
exactly what I thought - completely contradictory. Great watch though
@@stephenearle55 if I was a betting man, I say Stephen does his own thing