Last week, in one day, my VO2max dropped from 60 to 57. Or so my Garmin told me.
Those of us in Wisconsin have had a very strange spring. It was cool to the point that it felt like we weren’t getting spring. Then, suddenly, things changed very rapidly until, on Tuesday, I found myself running in 85° weather with extremely high humidity, direct midday sun and pretty much no wind.
After one run in that weather, my Garmin said I lost a lot of fitness.
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Do you get caught up worrying about every little detail of a workout? Do you find yourself thinking “should I do 5 repeats or 6” or “should my recoveries be 2:30 or 3:00” or “should my long run be 14 miles or 15”?
If so, I’d like to encourage you to stop doing that.
…We all know how important our arm swing is for our running, right? You can be more efficient and faster with a good arm swing.
What if that wasn’t exactly the case?
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Have you ever encountered a person who said “sure, I ran that but I could never do it again, it was just luck”? Or they say “yeah, I ran that but I’m not really that fit”? Maybe you’ve even been one of these people?
I’ve encountered these people. The thing to remember is that it isn’t true.
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I will note right up front that this is part an explanation and part advice.
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