Good idea pysiologically?
Exercise pys guys please speak up.
Others too.
Good idea pysiologically?
Exercise pys guys please speak up.
Others too.
its worth the few bucks...
I was just reading last night in the book Run Faster by Brad Hudson that progression runs in long runs are very important. All of his training plans include them in the long runs, as well as other workouts during the week. Right now I'm experimenting with adding long intervals at MRP in my long runs, but the closer I do it at the end of the long run, the harder it is (I guess that's the point)
Absolutely. You only get so many chances to try to run fast and hold form after having been on your feet for 90-plus minutes -- a tricky thing to manage owing to the unique type of fatigue involved -- and you don't want races to be the only proving ground for this.
I've had success with some kind of pace increase (sometimes marathon goal pace for an hour or more, at other times Khannouchi-esque progressions to 10K pace or even faster for shorter durations) in about two of every three long or medium-long runs, with the others being "recovery" runs (they aren't true recovery runs owing to their sheer length alone, but you get the point).
I'm not an exercise physiologist, but Pete Pfitz is absolutely adamant about this and I'm tempted to think he has decent credibility.
I do them if I'm feeling good. I'll start out and usuallly get down by the end. I think its great as long as you aren't killing yourself. All by feeling for me.
I don't know much research on this in either direction, but just from experience, I typically like having my long runs being progressive. Start off easy, and then progress down to a solid pace for the last 15 to 20 minutes or so to get some leg turnover.