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The tendency is to treat them like speed workouts (which are faster and we’ll talk about next). However, keep it under control and work on a smooth, fast rhythm. Control in training is key to improvement.

Patrick’s heavy emphasis on longer intervals and tons of miles made him stronger than he was fast, which capped his ultimate potential.

there is a time for “fast” easy runs (1:00 minute per mile slower than marathon pace) and another for “slow” easy runs (2:00 minute per mile slower than marathon pace).

Autoregulation is a training strategy that is based upon allowing the athlete (or the athlete’s performance) to determine the difficulty of a training session based upon their freshness – this is sometimes called their readiness to train.

allow gravity to do most of the work for you,

La recommandation de la communauté des conseillers ès marathon est de courir de courtes distances à vitesse élevée en alternance avec des phases de course « calme ». C’est une technique, le fartlek, qui vient de Suède où l’on doit croire qu’un marathon se construit comme un meuble Ikea, pièce par pièce, grâce à un plan d’ensemble aussi difficile à

don’t overemphasize extra-long runs for extra-long races or crazy-vert training for crazy-vert racing.