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How Gregson trained as a 17 year old – Q's from Teenagers around Aus
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Q: What was your mileage like as a 17 year old?
RG: Skip stepped up my mileage gradually over time when I was younger so when I was 17 I was probably doing up over 100km, maxing out at around 110km
Q: How do you have both the speed for the 1500 and the aerobic ability for the 5k to nab all 3 records within a few weeks?
RG: I'm lucky enough to be naturally quite fast so I mainly work on my endurance which is my weakness. So I was able to train more like a 5km man.
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Q: As a 17 year old how fast did you do your long runs/ recovery runs?
RG: All recovery runs very easy because it's all in the name, 'recovery'. Long runs harder, if I feel good, push it along a bit, but if I'm tired, I just jog easy.
Q: What was the biggest difference between your training from 2006 to 2007?
RG: Nothing. Just consistently getting it done for a number of years made everything click in November 2007.
Q: As a 17 year old did you ever have rest days?
RG: Always had a rest day on Friday when I grew up. Skip thought it was essential to have a full day of recovery. But now I run much more, I need all the days of the week to spread the running around.
Q: As a 17 year old how many days a week would you train on the track?
RG: In winter never and in summer once a week. Reps still weren't short though. Always working on strength with an occasional shorter tune up session to get me ready for a race.
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4 comments to "How Gregson trained as a 17 year old – Q's from Teenagers around Aus"
How on Earth did he not get stress fractures or some other major overuse injury when he was teen? Even the great Coe did.
Howard if you have followed his progress he had a stress fracture in late 2008 and came back to win the World Cross Country trial in 2009 and the a couple of weeks later he ran the 2009 sydney track classic and broke the Australian U20 1500m record in 3:37 and he said after "it's not long after i have come back and this was unexpected but i'll take it" or something along thoes lines so he has had some injuries in his teen years you'd know that if you have followed his progress though out his teens and i'm only 17 and he is someone i look up to and will aspire to be one day
Slow and controlled increases in volume don't cause injuries. The body adapts. Poor running biomechanics and stresses created too quickly are what cause running injuries.
Clearly his coach knows what he's doing. Looks like his large base as a junior has helped him now. Maybe more aussie kids should train that way.
@ howard: He did. I think it was his shin or something.