Alternate question - What's the worst advice you were given when you started running? Did you take it? What was the result?
Alternate question - What's the worst advice you were given when you started running? Did you take it? What was the result?
Worst advice: increase mileage to at least 70 mpw as soon as you can. It's the worst advice because in addition to guaranteeing injury you are robbing yourself of potential to improve aerobically at lower mileage with proper workouts to develop speed too.
I didn't take any advice before i started running. I just increased my running time over time. I read stuff here and there after i started but nothing that changed my routine significantly
What happened to your marathon buildup 7aji. Aren’t you TTing a HM soon as a status check?
Carbo load before a race. I know it's a cross country tradition but it's completely counter productive to gorge yourself with pasta the night before a race. Just eat what you normally eat. Same for marathons, just make sure you're hydrated well and had a good healthy meal.
highhoppingworm wrote:
What happened to your marathon buildup 7aji. Aren’t you TTing a HM soon as a status check?
Check that thread. It's delayed indefinitely. Currently in a triathlon strength buildup
Check out the Letsrun message board for great training information.
Because it's not there and instead there are threads like this.
@Milethon nail on the head. People obsessed with especially for 10k! Its an absolute myth.
Someone told me that Kenyans would run races not using their arms at all until the end of the race so that their arms wouldn't get tired. Made absolutely no sense when someone told me that in 9th grade, and still doesn't today 12 years later haha.
for anyone who ever wants to be competitive, saying that training for beginners should just be slow miles is incredibly counterproductive. at the very least, occasional post-run strides or hill sprints should be as staple in advice for beginners as easy mileage.
Best advice was tempos, long runs, and fartleks. I respond very well to all 3, and now they're the staple of my training program.
Worst advice was that you should never run longer than 60 minutes. I was shocked when I found out that all the best runners break that (terrible) advice.
Don’t drink or else you’ll get a cramp
Give it your all in practice
Spend 30 min stretching before running
Hard work outs two days before your race
in the 80s, we used to carbo load everyday. I only ate Pasta and Cereal.
I was never given any advice.
Our good friend Malmo was running 70s as a freshman and turned out okay
The 7aji wrote:
Worst advice: increase mileage to at least 70 mpw as soon as you can.
This is a bad advice because 70 mpw is still a low mileage. What you should do is to build up to at least 100 mpw.
Any sh*t David Goggins says. You will get injured.
Long slow running = a long slow runner.
Most people don't do enough base mileage and when they do it, it's too fast. Slow down a bit and get in the volume. Slower running is an important part of an effective endurance program.
Worst advice? Run as hard as you can all the time. If you get injured it’s because you’re wearing the wrong shoes. If you don’t get injured you are “just talented”. Pain is good. Easy miles are “junk miles” and count for nothing (or even make you worse). Don’t be a wimp!
rajpatidar893 wrote:
Alternate question - What's the worst advice you were given when you started running? Did you take it? What was the result?
"Train with the good runners if you want to be good."
This one should be obvious to anyone who has made this mistake.
fast and steady wins the race wrote:
for anyone who ever wants to be competitive, saying that training for beginners should just be slow miles is incredibly counterproductive. at the very least, occasional post-run strides or hill sprints should be as staple in advice for beginners as easy mileage.
And intervals for vo2 improvement...