Which is more beneficial: good training mates or good coach
How hard is it to be successful if you train solo?
Which is more beneficial: good training mates or good coach
How hard is it to be successful if you train solo?
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sigh sigh sigh wrote:
Which is more beneficial: good training mates or good coach
How hard is it to be successful if you train solo?
Really hard. I don't know about milers or even middle distance, but if you are trying to be a good 5k-marathon runner the volume alone is difficult.
Solo runners wrote:
sigh sigh sigh wrote:Which is more beneficial: good training mates or good coach
How hard is it to be successful if you train solo?
Really hard. I don't know about milers or even middle distance, but if you are trying to be a good 5k-marathon runner the volume alone is difficult.
I'd think the opposite. I train mostly solo, and I would have a very hard time doing the kind of workouts that it would take to be a decent miler or even up to 5k on my own. I find getting the mileage and workouts in to run a good 10k-half is not so hard on my own.
I'm with rankler. I've been running 4 years, never with a group, have no problem running 90+ solo base miles a week. But I think I'd run better speed workouts with others. Misery loves company, and it sure as hell works that way in races.
Marathon training is MUCH easier to do by yourself than middle-distance.
Thanks for the replies, but you didn't answer the main question.
Which is more important for success for a typical 1500-10000 runner, a good coach, or good training partners?
A good coach. At the extremes, better to be doing the right workouts on your own than the wrong workouts with good company.