Running doubles every day is really working!

Bell Lapper wrote:

You'll find this 3 part article interesting:

http://www.scienceofrunning.com/2009/10/is-9mi-once-better-than-45mi-twice.html

I was especially intrigued by this statement:

"If we look at growth hormone release during easy running, there's a swift rise intitially for the first 30-40min of a run, and then it levels off significantly to 60min. In one study, it showed an increase of about 550 percent from 0-40min, yet from 40-60min it only went up another 40-50percent."

The name of the study was not cited but maybe the ideal day would be something like three 30-40 min. runs? Brother Colim O'Connell, the great Kenyan coach, believes in this approach.

Eazy E wrote:

Bell Lapper wrote:

You'll find this 3 part article interesting:

http://www.scienceofrunning.com/2009/10/is-9mi-once-better-than-45mi-twice.html

I was especially intrigued by this statement:

"If we look at growth hormone release during easy running, there's a swift rise intitially for the first 30-40min of a run, and then it levels off significantly to 60min. In one study, it showed an increase of about 550 percent from 0-40min, yet from 40-60min it only went up another 40-50percent."

The name of the study was not cited but maybe the ideal day would be something like three 30-40 min. runs? Brother Colim O'Connell, the great Kenyan coach, believes in this approach.

Wouldn't it make sense to run lots of 60 minute runs then?