Webinar: Building elite performance & how the running world will change with Coach Thomas “Tinman” Schwartz

Mar 23, 2020 • 2 min read

Where: At the embed below or the following link: https://youtu.be/qtsrZpFQi-4

Key points:

1:40: Making lemonade out of lemons

Coach Schwartz is encouraging his athletes to attack this challenge with the right attitude and mindset.
You can build a stronger foundation during this time period by extending your normal offseason base phase training.
You should set long term goals to replace whatever goals you were working towards. Runners thrive when they have long term goals to aim for.

Elite athletes are primarily selecting races with development in mind in lead up to championship level events.
This time period will force many coaches to shift towards long term thinking and away from the traditional method of racing athletes all the time.
If the track & field championships are postponed until a cooler time of the year, you may see that a different breed of athletes perform better in the cooler conditions.

Similar to elite athletes, you can use this time period to race less frequently so you can perform better during the limited race opportunities you will have.
You should be comparing your performances against equivalency tables. This practice will be instructive for personalizing your training.
You should run time trials at roughly 97% of max effort. This lets you predict your performance at 100% without the challenge of needing to run at 100% effort.
Plus, a discussion on Arthur Lydiard's methods.

You should vary the distances your are racing to establish performances across a wide variety of durations.
A race that takes around one hour to complete is the perfect opportunity to test your endurance.
You must always prepare for races in terms of the expected duration it will take you finish the race rather than the distance of the race.
Why a ramping strategy is useful for optimal race performances.

A discussion on diminishing returns: How weekly mileage influences endurance and how speed work influences top-end speed.
Why you should incorporate speed work into endurance work.
What is top-end speed in endurance races?
How injury ties into all of this and why it is important to run easy.

1:18:20: How Critical Power relates to Coach Schwartz's Critical Velocity

You can find Coach Schwartz's website here if you would like to sign up for coaching services: https://runfastcoach.com/index.html & his Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/tinmancoach/

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