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Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten.. Each morning in Africa a lion awakes - it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve.


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Sunday, January 20, 2013

The value of the long run


Everyone training for distance running knows the value of the long run in producing success.

Failure to perform this run often on the weekend is something that all runners know will not help their cause. Typically all the science that one reads through the ages is that this all important run should be performed at between 10 and 20 per cent slower than your marathon pace. This in theory is the number that allows you to get the best possible beneficial workout for your goals.

I always find it amazing how many folks seem to run the long run much faster than this and then are unable to backup their training the following week with quality sessions as they are too tired. This is not beneficial to the cause as we all require that bit of recovery time to get back to our best.

Trying out your marathon pace during portions of the long run is also advisable to learn what to expect on the day, but this is not something that one should be doing each and every long run as the principle of hard/easy is something that can benefit.

As with the pace, distance of the long run is also important as too many really long runs early on and one can get injured.

Running together (while using the long run to our best ability), stride for stride on a life changing ride. – Sean Muller

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