AMA: I'm Marius Bakken, former Olympian and physician. Ask me about double threshold training, lactate, and the Norwegian Method.
Hi r/AdvancedRunning. I'm Marius Bakken, former Norwegian national record holder at 3000m and 5000m (13:06), two-time Olympian, and a practicing MD in Norway. The framework that many of you know as the Norwegian Method grew out of work I started in the mid-1990s. Over decades of experimentation and more than 5,500 lactate tests, it developed into the structured threshold-based system it is today. I just published The Norwegian Method Applied, which lays out the full system: https://www.amazon.com/dp/8269471100 (US Amazon)
Happy to answer questions about threshold training, lactate testing, the Norwegian method, or anything else running-related. Send in your questions ahead of time and I'll prioritize those with the most upvotes. I'll be here on Tuesday, April 21, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Oslo time (12:00 to 2:00 PM Eastern, 9:00 to 11:00 AM Pacific).