Old article on CFE

[Shane Skowron]

Originally Posted by Chad Cilli

Lance Armstrong is a great example. I hadn't thought of that. Arguably one of the best endurance athletes in the world, yet change the demand from cycling to running and he really struggled. It's not for lack of conditioning, it's lack of specificity.

I wouldn't say he struggled. He finished in under 3 hours with not a lot of training. Most people who finish under 3 hours usually have several years of consistent and competitive running under their belts before they manage that feat. He didn't come close to winning, but the point here is that he already had a huge advantage over other people who have no background in running.

Originally Posted by Chad Cilli

In any case, Shane, didn't you run an ultramarathon at one point? I thought remembered seeing that on the NSC forum. How did you prepare for it? I'm assuming you didn't follow CFE, but I'm interested in what you found worked best.

I've done a bunch of ultramarathons, never DNF'd. I've done a 100 miler while following a strict CFE protocol and a 100 miler on my own training program, and I did better in the latter. Basically my running training consists of a long very slow run at ultramarathon pace, 1 long interval session, 1 short interval session, and sprinting session. Sometimes only 2 or 3 sessions per week. I wish I could run more but I have other training priorities.

[Chad Cilli]

Originally Posted by Shane Skowron

I wouldn't say he struggled. He finished in under 3 hours with not a lot of training. Most people who finish under 3 hours usually have several years of consistent and competitive running under their belts before they manage that feat. He didn't come close to winning, but the point here is that he already had a huge advantage over other people who have no background in running.



I've done a bunch of ultramarathons, never DNF'd. I've done a 100 miler while following a strict CFE protocol and a 100 miler on my own training program, and I did better in the latter. Basically my running training consists of a long very slow run at ultramarathon pace, 1 long interval session, 1 short interval session, and sprinting session. Sometimes only 2 or 3 sessions per week. I wish I could run more but I have other training priorities.

Point taken on Lance. Compared to other people he did incredibly well, compared to Lance Armstrong the champion who everyone is used to seeing win, I guess it looks less than impressive by comparison to all his Tour de France performances.

I've never run an ultramarathon let alone a marathon, so I have no basis for comparison, but for the 3 mile run in Marine Corps PFT, I did find that LSD improved my time more than CFE. Following CFE only, I ran a 22:33, and following a program by Hal Higdon, I ran an 18:53. Perhaps this is because I was not used to setting a pace, or maybe it's because I just needed the mental preparation of running longer distances than 400m at a time. In your experience running much longer distances, what do you think is the reason your personal training program worked better than CFE? I realize that individualizing a program is always going to be superior to a general program, but I was wondering if maybe you found that the longer sessions or pace setting sessions had sort of "grease the groove" effect on your performance.

[Andrew Wilson]

Originally Posted by James Evans

This must be 2 years old now but I stumbled across a link to it yesterday. I've really not taken too much notice of CrossFit Endurance other than seeing the DNF remarks on different sites.

Wow! What a humble guy...

http://gregbashore.wordpress.com/201...ance-training/

I particularly like the idea of of taking a world champion and completely changing the way he trains/who he is because you know better

Hmm, and you complete an Iron Man 2 hours slower than Chrissie Wellington but hey, what's her Fran time.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPpjURtM5OI wfs

[Andrew Wilson]

[Matt Cricchio]

Strong work. But what, exactly, was the fucking point of all of that?

[James Evans]

Originally Posted by Andrew Wilson

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPpjURtM5OI wfs

About 16 seconds in - is that Glassman having the gin demon exorcised out of him?

[Jacob Rowell]

Originally Posted by Matt Cricchio

Strong work. But what, exactly, was the fucking point of all of that?

Can't imagine why you would expect this to have a point, stay on topic, or offer anything helpful.

[Derek Weaver]

Originally Posted by Matt Cricchio

Strong work. But what, exactly, was the fucking point of all of that?

Your standards and expectations are too high.

[Andrew Wilson]

You should show more respect to who you talk to on the internet, you may not know who you're talking to, I've trained two years under the CrossFit training methodology, which means I have elite fitness capcacities, unf*ckablewith, and know more than you. Screw the development of over 90 years of doctoral research of sports science, exercise science, exercise physiology, kiniesiology, and biomechanics, screw the span of 467 Olympic gold medals over 44 years, screw those people that can run a mile in 3:20, and those decathletes that can bench press 330 pounds, squat 600 pounds, powerclean 152kg for reps with a 44in standing vertical jump, and 10 second 100m and 3:40 mile at a bodyweight of 185 pounds, screw them; those people don't know what they're doing or talking about, its a joke and laughable. You see, they're specialists and have limited capacities across modal functional domains, this means nothing when the time comes to throw a log over a field, drag a tracker tire 50 feet with a crowbar, or carry a sand bag across a tennis court stadium because they don't train work capcacity and metabolic conditioning. A 10 second 100m sprinter can't do that, nor those decathletes, nor those 45 second 400m sprinters that can squat 600 pounds... but I can. I train across broad time and modal domains, I have 2 minute Grace with 135 pounds which means I can lift more bags of trash into a garbage truck faster than 98% of the human beings on this planet. Screw a 3:25 mile over 10,000m like those unfit olympic champions and their phd coaches that know pointless exercise science, they can't deadlift 700 pounds, therefore are useless in the REAL world, its better to run a 17 minute mile over a hundred miles and be able to snatch 150 pounds like me. Because of this, I'm a better athlete then them, fitter, stronger, higher quantity of mental toughness, and physically more experienced. So before you exercise challenge me on the intranet, do your research on who you are talking to, because you may run into the Achilles of fitness.

[Matt Cricchio]

Originally Posted by Andrew Wilson

You should show more respect to who you talk to on the internet, you may not know who you're talking to, I've trained two years under the CrossFit training methodology, which means I have elite fitness capcacities, unf*ckablewith, and know more than you. Screw the development of over 90 years of doctoral research of sports science, exercise science, exercise physiology, kiniesiology, and biomechanics, screw the span of 467 Olympic gold medals over 44 years, screw those people that can run a mile in 3:20, and those decathletes that can bench press 330 pounds, squat 600 pounds, powerclean 152kg for reps with a 44in standing vertical jump, and 10 second 100m and 3:40 mile at a bodyweight of 185 pounds, screw them; those people don't know what they're doing or talking about, its a joke and laughable. You see, they're specialists and have limited capacities across modal functional domains, this means nothing when the time comes to throw a log over a field, drag a tracker tire 50 feet with a crowbar, or carry a sand bag across a tennis court stadium because they don't train work capcacity and metabolic conditioning. A 10 second 100m sprinter can't do that, nor those decathletes, nor those 45 second 400m sprinters that can squat 600 pounds... but I can. I train across broad time and modal domains, I have 2 minute Grace with 135 pounds which means I can lift more bags of trash into a garbage truck faster than 98% of the human beings on this planet. Screw a 3:25 mile over 10,000m like those unfit olympic champions and their phd coaches that know pointless exercise science, they can't deadlift 700 pounds, therefore are useless in the REAL world, its better to run a 17 minute mile over a hundred miles and be able to snatch 150 pounds like me. Because of this, I'm a better athlete then them, fitter, stronger, higher quantity of mental toughness, and physically more experienced. So before you exercise challenge me on the intranet, do your research on who you are talking to, because you may run into the Achilles of fitness.

So is this board Diet IGX now? Those of us in the stands who could give a shit less about either side would really like to know.

By the way, your internet Kung-Fu is honed and effective. Kudos champion.