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    BigBob_WillisXC
    Yeah, I am a senior in high school and we operate under the Paavo cross country training system (hardest system ever!) And I love it, I love how the pain continues over from week to week and builds my endurance and speed. I was wondering if anyone else was running using this system?
    • CommentAuthorFree MemberKDogg
    • CommentTimeDec 20th 2007
     
    KDogg

    Could you elaborate what exactly the Paavo system is? It is my understanding that it is a popular system and there are running camps named after Paavo (we have one here in Indiana), but if I google "Paavo system" not much comes up.

    Some of my reading has indicated that during Paavo's time, the Finns would have their distance runners walk several miles a day. Based on that and on the fact that Paavo himself wrote that if he could do one thing differently, it would be to focus less on long slow training, I would say that the focus of the system is long slow distance.

    Whats it all about?

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