If we get better at running, does running get easier?
The good news is yes. Running becomes easier as your body develops and adapts to the demands you place upon it. If you run regularly, your legs get stronger, your heart gets stronger and is more able to pump the blood and energy-carrying oxygen to the muscles in your legs. It might take a few weeks, but some marvellous things
As a runner and a running coach, not surprisingly, I have an interest in the runner’s heart and measuring its activity.
But, I gave up on heart rate monitors some years ago. It’s not that I’m not interested, I just couldn’t get any meaningful results from any devices I tried: Polar (x 2), Cardiosport, Garmin, they all gave very unreliable data; all were chest-strap devices.
Back in the old days when we used to train for races, I was preparing for Brighton Marathon. I needed some new shoes to train in. I tend to have at least 2 pairs of running shoes on the go (although it’s more like 4 or 5), specifically, one pair for day-to-day running, and long runs and another pair for some faster stuff, intervals, etc, and when there might have been a race to run.
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This training plan is for both new runners and more experienced runners who want to break the hour for 10k.
The 10k is usually the next distance that new runners target following 5k. It is a big step up; twice the distance, but is it twice as hard?
For many runners, it’s more manageable than running your 1st 5k was. Once you can run 5k — continuously — you have become someone who can sustain
For more details of these sessions see the introduction and Week 1.
This post will round off the Running Training Plan Coronavirus training sessions.
Many people are back to running in small groups, although many are not comfortable to do this quite yet.
To be honest I’m not sure quite what to think; it’s so very difficult to come to a definitive position on the safety of running in groups.
For more details of these sessions see the introduction and Week 1.
Week 9: This is a mixed session, each set starting off with a long rep and then, without recovery, picking things up for a shorter and faster rep.
It’s a great session for developing that vital finishing kick. We are not talking about an eyeballs-out last 20 mtrs that we so often see from tail-enders at the finish of races.
