{"id":20399,"date":"2022-05-29T14:37:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T06:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/?p=20399"},"modified":"2024-12-15T10:24:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T02:24:06","slug":"body-built-pain-training-herb-elliott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/members-only\/body-built-pain-training-herb-elliott\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Body Built on Pain\u2019 &#8211; The Training of Herb Elliott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u2018A Body Built on Pain\u2019 <\/b><\/p>\n<h1><b>The Training of Herb Elliott<\/b><\/h1>\n<p>\u00a9 2017 Runner\u2019s Tribe, all rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><b><i> \u201c<\/i><\/b><b><i>I find that orthodox training is drudgery because it\u2019s so unnatural to run for hours on end on a circular track.<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><i>&#8211;<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Herb Elliott<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20403\" style=\"width: 373px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20403\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe-1.jpg 514w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe-1-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe-1-313x420.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 1954, running a trial for Percy Cerutty in Perth (Western Australian Newspapers Ltd.) -From &#8216;THE GOLDEN MILE&#8217;\u00a0(c)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Sources<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Golden Mile, by Herb Elliott as told to Alan Trengove (book available at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribeshop.com\/products\/the-golden-mile-herb-elliotts-biography-as-told-by-alan-trengove-limited-edition-paperback.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Runner\u2019s Tribe shop here<\/a>).<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Personal Bests<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">800m: 1:46.70 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(estimated from 880 yard time of 1.47.30)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1500m: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3:35.60<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mile: \u00a03:54.50<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Highlights<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olympic 1500m Gold, Rome 1960.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commonwealth Games Gold One Mile, Cardiff, 1958.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commonwealth Games Gold 880 yards, Cardiff, 1958.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former world record holder over 1500m and Mile. Held the 1500m world record for 9 years and the mile world record for 4 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>\u201cI like to vary my training venues day by day, running on a golf course one day, the next day in a park, then on a racecourse, up and down the hills flanking the Shrine in Melbourne, along the Yarra River and even over cow paddocks. The change of scenery, the music of the birds and the sight of grazing cattle and sheep is soul-freeing and makes a training session real joy.\u201d \u00a0<\/i><\/b><b>\u2013 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Herb Elliott<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribeshop.com\/products\/the-golden-mile-herb-elliotts-biography-as-told-by-alan-trengove-limited-edition-e-book.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-25064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/RT-e-books-special-editions_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/RT-e-books-special-editions_001.jpg 460w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/RT-e-books-special-editions_001-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/RT-e-books-special-editions_001-253x420.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a>Base Training<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b><i>\u201cI train eleven months of the year, half that period being devoted to strengthening work. Here is one of my typical weeks when I was eighteen years of age. (Younger athletes perhaps should not attempt quite so much and older ones a little bit more. It\u2019s really a matter for personal judgment.)\u201d \u00a0<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Herb Elliott<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A ten-mile run at any pace I felt like setting, always finishing hard over the last two miles or so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six or seven miles in the morning. Weight-lifting in the evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten miles hard against the clock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six or seven miles in the morning. Weights in the evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faster \u2018fun\u2019 work-out at lunch-time on the track. A hard five miles or so in the evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eight to ten miles in the morning. Eight to ten miles hard in the afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Elliott matured, base training consisted mainly of long hard runs of between 8 to 16 km. The occasional (once a month on average) 32km run was also completed. As were sand hills (more below).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The estimated average mileage during this period was 60 to 80 miles per week. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u201cIn the winter and spring of 1957 I must have run 2500 miles in training and lifted thousands of pounds in weights\u201d<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Herb Elliott<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Sand Hills<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b><i>\u201cAnother severe test is an eighty foot sand hill, grade one in two, close to the ocean. It took Percy five years to build up enough strength to run to the top. My peak effort was forty-two times up the hill and down in succession. Ian Beck has doubled that number\u201d. \u00a0<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; \u00a0Herb Elliott<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20405\" style=\"width: 1023px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1023\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_001.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_001-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_001-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_001-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_001-696x511.jpg 696w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_001-572x420.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This particular sand hill, with a grade of 2 in 1, plays a vital part in the normal Portsea training routine &#8211; From the &#8216;GOLDEN MILE&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During Elliott\u2019s training stints at Portsea, under the close eye of Percy Cerutty, sand hill repetitions played a large role in strength development. These sessions were usually completed during the winter phase, but would sometimes be performed closer to races.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Weights<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>\u201cThe ideal way of strengthening without producing bulk is by lifting heavy weights for a minimum time.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>At Portsea and at Frank Sedgman\u2019s gym, when I prepared for my comeback to athletics, my practice was to employ one of the heavier weight exercises in three sets, with three to five repetitions. If I couldn\u2019t do the exercise three times I knew the weight was too heavy; if I lifted the weight more than five times it obviously was too light. In this way I added further power to the upper part of my body, which already was strong from my rowing days at Aquinas, thus adding to my confidence and aggressiveness for the battles ahead.\u201d <\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; \u00a0Herb Elliott<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20402\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe-817x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe-817x1024.jpg 817w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe-768x963.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe-696x873.jpg 696w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe-1068x1339.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe-335x420.jpg 335w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Herb Elliott and Percy Cerutty -From &#8216;THE GOLDEN MILE&#8217;\u00a0(c)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Herb, and his coach Percy Cerutty, were massively into weights. Herb\u2019s physique makes most current day runners look rather scrawny.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Training Leading into Races<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b><i>\u201cMy training immediately before the racing season is featured by more intensive pace work\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Herb Elliott<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below is a sample week of Herb\u2019s training just before a competition period:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between six and ten 440s or 880s followed by two or three miles of free running.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five miles flat-out on the tan course outside the Melbourne Botanical Gardens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Train with sprinters &#8211; a relaxation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thirty minutes or so of sprint-jogs. (In a sprint-jog you jog round a track, build-up speed for fifteen yards, then sprint for thirty yards, slow down and jog again, performing this routine twice in every lap.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rest<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three to six miles fiat-out on the track. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten miles hard.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20407\" style=\"width: 897px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20407\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"897\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_002.jpg 897w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_002-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_002-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_002-696x549.jpg 696w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HERBELLIOT-C-Runners-Tribe_002-533x420.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breasting the tape in the Victorian mile championship at Olympic Park, Melbourne (The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd., Melbourne)\u00a0From &#8216;THE GOLDEN MILE&#8217; (c)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25076\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribeshop.com\/products\/the-golden-mile-herb-elliotts-biography-as-told-by-alan-trengove-limited-edition-paperback.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25076 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Herb32324.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Herb32324.jpg 625w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Herb32324-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Herb32324-293x420.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Purchase a running classic now at the Runner&#8217;s Tribe Shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018A Body Built on Pain\u2019 The Training of Herb Elliott \u00a9 2017 Runner\u2019s Tribe, all rights reserved. \u201cI find that orthodox training is drudgery because it\u2019s so unnatural to run for hours on end on a circular track.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0&#8211; 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