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  1. Wild Runner

    Maffetone Method...what's your experience with it?

    cheersI can see how running cheers I can see how running faster, even for the same low HR can be 'stressful' on the body. I ran 7.5 miles with the decline yesterday, and ran at 9 min mile pace, not fast for some, but a good 1:30 paster per mile than I am currently doing on the flat. Breathing...
  2. Wild Runner

    Maffetone Method...what's your experience with it?

    Has anyone seen any Has anyone seen any significant improvements beyond what they expected by using downhills for increased leg speed? Luckily, I have a treadmill that allows me to lift the rear end to give an decline, I am guessing about 1-1.5deg. Sure makes you run a lot faster for the same...
  3. Wild Runner

    Maffetone Method...what's your experience with it?

    BFwillie_g wrote:Wild Runner good info there, I have taken a look on his forum, not a lot of posts, but will go through it. Here is a REALLY long thread which is interesting. This is from 2006/7 and is a follow on from an older thread with same people. I can post the older stuff if...
  4. Wild Runner

    Maffetone Method...what's your experience with it?

    I recently got the Mittleman I recently got the Mittleman book, and although the content is good, I really found the running and nutrition parts the most interesting. I agree with what you say about varying the figures, but in his latest? book, maffetone does still use the 180-age as the...
  5. Wild Runner

    Maffetone Method...what's your experience with it?

    I am walking up the hills I am walking up the hills too, but it is improving. Even if you are just picking your feet up and bouncing along slower than walking pace it matters not. The development and adaptation you get from just jogging is different to walking. I use the treadmill quite a bit...
  6. Wild Runner

    Maffetone Method...what's your experience with it?

    NickW wrote:Ok, so I've read Have you read any of Phil Maffetone's books, or looked up any of the Mark Allen articles?? That would be a good starting point to understand the principle behind this. Here is one http://www.duathlon.com/articles/1460 Firstly, Maffetone is not all about running...
  7. Wild Runner

    Maffetone Method...what's your experience with it?

    just for the record. Had a just for the record. Had a good treadmill run today and seem to have seen some progress. I have run on the treadmill a fair bit, 1. for consistancy of pace, and secondly, for improved leg speed, much easier than in the real world to run at lower speeds etc on the...
  8. Wild Runner

    Maffetone Method...what's your experience with it?

    Chaserwilliams wrote:Oh, for nice improvements there!!! What sort of runner were you before you started maffetone training? I was looking at a thread on the cool running forum for 06, and one guy made some great improvements, from 13 min miles down to sub 8 min miles over a few months. He...
  9. Wild Runner

    Maffetone Method...what's your experience with it?

    migangelo wrote:11 m/m to 11 min miles are on the treadmill, and on the flat, but I was looking at an old thread over on Cool Running forum here and it seems like a lot of people who have had some good success have worked some downhill MAF HR paced running to improve leg speed. So....... I...
  10. Wild Runner

    Maffetone Method...what's your experience with it?

    Hi thereJust got started Hi there Just got started with maffetone myself, just a few weeks into it, and only really starting to run 1 hr a day / 6 days per week, so hope to see some improvements within a few weeks. I live in a pretty undulating area in the UK, so am doing a fair bit on the...