I think that it would actually help most of them. It's pretty hard to hurt a distance runner with a 400m. (Unless they do no speed work in practice). Paul On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Listers, > > Just fielding a few opinions from the list and here's the question: > > Can you hurt (performance) a distance runner by periodically running them in > the 400m? > > For example, at the HS level, I noticed that top notch distance runners would > sometime run legs on the 4x400m relay. I just wondered if you did that too > often, would it take anything away from their performance, rhythm, etc. > > > Larry A. Morgan, Sr. > Elizabeth Heat TC > ******************************* Paul Talbot Department of Geography/ Institute of Behavioral Science University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder CO 80309-0260 (303) 492-3248 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
