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Tuesday, July 23, 2002
How the Swedish team plans to win in 2004
The goal of the Swedish O' teams is to be best in the world at the 2004 World Champs in Sweden. Right now they aren't the best in the world. But, they've got time and they've got a goal.
Expressen published an article based on an interview with the current men's national team leader, Goran Andersson. Andersson described how they plan to use science to help them.
The Swedish national teams are going through extensive physical tests, including studying running economy in the terrain (I wonder how they measure that).
Andersson has already reached some conclusions. "The Swedes aren't lazy. We are training a lot, but not in the optimal way. Many are running their intervals at too high a tempo and for too short a distance."
Another part of the Swedish approach is to look at both social and psychological factors. The runners are answering a bunch of questions about, for example, how they manage stress, how their personal finances are doing, and how their personal lives are doing.
It will be interesting to see how the Swedes do in 2004.
posted by Michael |
7:45 PM
