What Stays Off the Track

Every step on the track has a named purpose. Tempo runs and aimless fitness running are out.

Founder method

Excluded

No tempo runs.No non-specific fitness running on the track.No track steps without a named technical, rhythmic, sensory or output purpose.

Coach notes

Purposeful replacement: if athletes take steps on the track, the work reinforces a named quality such as form, rhythm, timing, foot feel or proprioception. A drill can be high or low intensity; intensity does not replace specificity.
The kicking-the-fence drill is also excluded; the lead leg punchdown replaces it.

SourcesKU-008

Not every task needs max velocity or max strength.Every task needs max intent toward the output it is for.

Coach notes

This holds for low-intensity drills too: full mental intention, aimed at the specific output.

SourcesKU-008; GLOSS

What Stay Dangerous Is -- A way of thinking and prioritizing, built from credited ingredients. The original part is the composition.
Capacity and the Hurdle Count -- Enough hurdle exposure, not too much. Capacity is built across the season and spent against a capped hurdle count.

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No tempo runs.No non-specific fitness running on the track.No track steps without a named technical, rhythmic, sensory or output purpose.

Purposeful replacement: if athletes take steps on the track, the work reinforces a named quality such as form, rhythm, timing, foot feel or proprioception. A drill can be high or low intensity; intensity does not replace specificity.
The kicking-the-fence drill is also excluded; the lead leg punchdown replaces it.

SourcesKU-008