I’m getting back into shape and I’m curious If running a 10min easy pace is more detrimental than it is beneficial? I’ve read that at slower paces your body takes a lot more impact, also have noticed that when I have shin splits they hurt much worse when I’m jogging 10 min pace than when I’m running around 8-9min pace. Thoughts?
If the faster pace feels better, do that. Forget pace and run by feeling.
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Fat Ass wrote:
If the faster pace feels better, do that. Forget pace and run by feeling.
Agreed. Lydiard used to say that you can never run too slowly but you can run too fast. But while you can never run too slowly you still might get a more optimal result by going a bit faster. Peter Snell told me that the way to know if you're running too hard was to see if you're able to run at that pace every day. If not, if you're needing to shorten days or have full days off to recover frequently you're probably running too fast. But if you can manage a pace more or less daily you're fine in which case you might even see if you can manage going a bit faster.