Much of this depends on how you define "interval training." People were
using short, repetitive runs in training in the 1800s. The early Fins
trained using what many would today call intervals.
The real credit though probably has to go to Gerschler who trained Harbig
to a 1:46 800m in the 1930s and later coached Gordon Pirie. He certainly
influence Zatopek and Igloi.
Paul
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Y ask Y:
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> For a little Sunday piece I'm writing on Zatopek, I'm interested in knowing
> who is credited with "inventing" interval training for distance runners -- a
> la 100x400 that EZ used to run.
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> (Fred Wilt's "How They Train" in 1973 sez: "According to virtually all
> sources, it was Emil Zatopek who first employed intensive interval
> training." ) But I'm unsure how other experts view the situation. Was
> Igloi's system developed concurrently with Zatopek's? Did Gosta Olander in
> Sweden pioneer this form of training (as Wilt also hints)?
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> Any help would be appreciated.
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> Ken Stone
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University of Colorado, Boulder
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