Spring Training  Strength and speed for summer racing  May 1,
2002  Training Distance Running Speed  Working the Neglected S's
Poor Gordon Bakoulis! In one edition of RT last year, she
publicly declares her "slowness," like a starlet confessing a
peccadillo. In another, she appears in Pete Pfitzinger’s column,
her VO2 max exposed for all to see, with physiologists
everywhere clucking with regret that her wondrous aerobic system
is so bereft of speed.  But hang on a minute. This is a woman
who has run a 2:33 marathon, after all. Over four consecutive
10K’s in under 37 minutes each! So her best 10K is, what,
33—ish? That means her flat-out mile can’t be too much over five
minutes. Come to think about it, Gordon can cover the ground
pretty well.  What about us? If all the experts declare Gordon
to be terminally slow, is there hope for those who spend races
vainly searching ahead for her rapidly-receding cloud of dust?
Yes, there is!  A gruff but wise old coach in my neck of the
woods likes to remark that "you c