Often, runners see a new idea or think over their training and discover that something is missing. They then want to add it to their training. I recently mentioned avoiding getting caught up in the hype of “Instagram workouts” but what I’m thinking of is something more basic and often not a bad idea.
However, we need to be careful when adding new things.
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I mentioned when posting about watching Instagram workouts that I’d write this week about recording these workouts.
To be honest, I want to say just don’t do it. However, I know there are people who want to do this. I also know there are cases where, if you’re a member of a team, you may not get to decide whether or not you are part of a recording.
…It’s well known that, at some point, we all will get slower as we age. Even for non-competitive runners or non-runners at all, we all know we will lose fitness as we age.
But why does this happen? What is the mechanism that makes it happen? If we know this, maybe we can do something about it.
…Have you seen workouts on social media and thought “wow, that’s a great workout, I should try it”? Or watched one and thought “I’m not working hard enough”?
I’ve been watching recently how common this occurrence is. From “adult onset” runners who haven’t had the opportunity to have a good coach teach them how to build a training plan to younger runners who haven’t yet learned the lessons to people close to runners who want to see the best for their runners and think the answer is what they see on social media.
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Last week, I ran a little over 74 miles. That makes 2023 the 30th consecutive year that I’ve had at least one week of 70 or more miles.
Especially for someone who doesn’t like the idea of chasing numbers, why does this matter?
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