In Daniels' running formula he claims that marathon pace running gives about the same physiological benefits as running easy, therefore he would only recommend that marathon runners do it cause it's good preparation for a marathon.
In Keith Livingston's healthy intelligent training he says that Arthur Lydiard had all his runners do runs at marathon pace to get the same benefits as AT running without the risk of going above threshold and accumulating acidosis.
Could anybody help clarify?
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In Daniels' running formula he claims that marathon pace running gives about the same physiological benefits as running easy, therefore he would only recommend that marathon runners do it cause it's good preparation for a marathon.
In Keith Livingston's healthy intelligent training he says that Arthur Lydiard had all his runners do runs at marathon pace to get the same benefits as AT running without the risk of going above threshold and accumulating acidosis.
Could anybody help clarify?
Daniels is saying that your easy runs should be slower than marathon pace.
Livingston is saying that marathon pace is a good, safe threshold pace.
Awesome, thanks for explaining
Daniels recomends tempo running at a pace which is probably too fast and marathon pace would be more appropriate. So his opinions are controversial.
Marathon pace is just faster normal running, the threshold running recommended by Daniels is at your lactate threshold, it's harder but doing a different job.
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if it's easy, you're not pushing yourself. Combustion should occur at 26.21 miles
A pace you can do for 26.2 miles shouldn't be too hard for 5 miles, it might not be easy, but that's why it is faster than E pace.