All things training. Mostly advice and tips but maybe questions, general comments, or who knows what else.
A coach I follow and greatly respect says there’s a big difference between a coach with 20 years of experience and a coach with 1 year of experience repeated 20 times.
I believe this also applies to runners.
But what does it mean and why does it matter?
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Last week, I wrote about why I (generally) assign effort based workouts.
Notice what I did? I hedged because there are definitely cases when I do assign workouts based on pace. These are infrequent but they do happen.
When do I assign these workouts?
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I drive the runners I coach crazy at times. Why? Well, I’m sure there are many reasons but one of the big reasons is because I assign workouts by effort. I don’t make it easy for them, saying something like mile repeats at 7:00 or half mile repeats at 2:50. Instead, I say mile repeats at 10K effort or even something more vague like slightly faster/harder than half marathon effort.
Why do I do this? Believe it or not, I’m not just trying to be difficult.
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This month, as usual, I read many interesting things. Among them, a topic near and dear to the hearts of northerners this time of the year as well as some insights from top marathoners and insight on what running will do to your strength. …
A lot of people think of routine as a bad thing. You’re stuck in a rut. You need to shake things up. Add some excitement to your life.
Is there a positive side of routine?
Absolutely!
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