Comments on: Fighting Back to Shape

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:26:09 +0000

You don’t have to do 15 mile runs. You don’t even have to do 8 mile runs. If you just ran 6-7 miles a run, for 5 runs a week, then did one workout a week, I bet you’d see a noticeable improvement in performance!

The back is great! When I crank out my 4:29 mile, it will be from the 60 mile weeks!!

By: Tom Stortz

Tom Stortz — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 21:13:08 +0000

Sam,

Do you think I win the beach run every year because I labor over 15 mile runs at 7:30 pace? No. I hit it hard with 3-5 mile runs trying to PR every single time I take to the streets. My injury record is practically flawless except for the time I broke my ankle running home drunk from Mad River and the other time I twisted my knee playing football.

In all honesty, I don’t enjoy runs upwards of 8 miles. It’s boring. The only part that keeps my attention is racing myself against…myself. Maybe when I get older and slower I’ll take your advice. How’s your back?

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 19:48:49 +0000

I know you’ve been training the same way for 10+ years, but my advice would be to do more runs (miles) with only one or two a week being “hard” as opposed to only a few runs a week, with all of them hard. You’ll be less injury prone and it could be a breakthrough in terms of performance!

By: MARK

MARK — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:05:48 +0000

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