Mistakes in the Running Section of The 4-Hour Body
If you have been reading The 4-Hour Body, you may have noticed a few errors in the chapter on running.
These are the ones that I found:
There is an error at the bottom of page 370. A 7:28.8 pace would result in a 3:16 marathon, not a 3:30 marathon. The text says that a 3:32 marathon is an 8:30 pace. It’s actually about an 8:05 pace.
On page 384, in the footnote, it says that running economy is “not defined here as L O2/min”. Running economy is usually defined as ml/kg/km. It’s not how much oxygen you consume per minute, but how much oxygen you require to run a kilometer (per kg of body weight).
On pages 392 and 393, there are a series of interval workouts that, as described, are not possible for Tim to run. On Friday of Week 1 of the 12 week training program, it calls for 2 x 800 m on 3 minutes.
If Tim can run a 5K in about 24 minutes, he can probably do an 800 m run in a little over 3:00. This would mean he would have to do these 800′s with no rest.
On Sunday of Week 2 and Saturday of Week 3, it gets worse. The training plan calls for 3 x 800m on 2:30 and 4 x 800 m on 2:00, the last one calling for Tim to run at a 4:00 mile pace.
I think these were meant to be a gradually increasing series of 800 m runs with progressively shorter rest periods, i.e., 2 x 800m w/ 3 minutes rest, 3 x 800m w/ 2:30 rest, and 4 x 800 w/ 2:00 rest.
Have you found other mistakes in The 4-Hour Body? Tell me in the comments.
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