Podcast Guest “It's a long road” is the runner and road and mountain coach Alexandros Sofianos. Alexandros is a coaching graduate with a specialization in "classic sports", with many further trainings and seminars on sports nutrition and sports psychology.
Since 2022 he is the founder of the Running Project Team and his goal is to help people who are involved, or want to be involved, in sports and endurance training of short and long distances.
We will have an interesting discussion with Alexandros Sofianos, since we will talk in detail about training, for some the most important period of preparation for a "target" race of long distance and duration.
Podcast Interview Highlights “It's a long road” with the runner and road and mountain coach Alexandros Sofianos.
10:34 Would you like to tell us a little about yourself, your involvement in sports and coaching;
12:00 In general, what does one consist of? weekly training and what are the cycles of a preparation for a Marathon race and where exactly is the formation in there?
13:14 Let's start with the basic question and what is shaping?
14:15 How long does one last? formation;
15:19 The decrease in volume training for a long time is it a cause of reduced performance?
16:42 How important is the formation before a match? Is it really the most important period of preparation for a "target" race for you and if so why?
18:37 What happens to our body during shaping?
20:41 During shaping, does muscle strength improve and is there a reduced risk of injury?
21:11 Which one training program is it more effective? One with shaping or one without?
22:22 Are there different types of shaping?
23:28 What factors affect the plan of a formation? For example, does the duration and burden of preparation play a role?
25:01 Does the level of the athlete play a role?
26:28 Is the formation different with the match we are going to participate in? I mean it's the same for an upcoming 10km race, or one marathon;
27:59 The longer an athlete's preparation, the longer the training period becomes proportionally?
29:24 If I haven't done proper preparation for a target race, meaning targeted preparation with a coach or even with some program, does it make sense to do shaping?
30:40 Can a wrong formation cost us a match?
33:07 What are the benefits of proper training?
35:55 It affects psychologically the period of formation of an athlete?
38:48 A question that many people ask that also has to do with shaping is when should we do the last Long-run;
40:03 Is a heavy break in the pace of the race or even faster, about 4 days before the race necessary?
40:59 Can we achieve two formations within a month? For example we have a target match one day and another target match a month later. Can we make two moldings so close together? Can formation be graded depending on the target race?
42:54 After all that we said, do you want to give us an example of training separately for a 10km, 21km and Marathon race? For starters how long is the training for each distance?
48:04 So when it comes to race day, what advice would you give someone about it?
51:45 Alexander, in closing, would you like to tell us where and how someone can find you?
Alexander Sofianos
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