Steven Kempton
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Steven Kempton
You can’t run five hundred miles just by clearing your mind,’ I spat.
Harvey shrugged. ‘You can’t do it without it either.’
Adrian J. Walker • The End of the World Running Club
You'd need to run really slow. You'd need to hydrate and eat constantly. But you could do it. Maybe 12 min km for 12 hours a day would give you 60km a day. So 500 miles would take 14 days.
endurance—"any activity where you need to pace yourself", according to Martin—can require conscious mental effort to decide to keep going. "And because mental fatigue increases perception of effort, this decision gets harder as you go on",
nike.com • Keep Your Mental Energy Up to Perform Strong
TEMPO RUNS A tempo run is a sustained effort in Zone 3 sandwiched between a warm-up and a cool-down. Tempo runs are a very effective means of enhancing a runner’s ability to sustain relatively aggressive speeds. They are emphasized in the peak phase of training for races of all distances from 5K to the marathon.
Matt Fitzgerald • 80/20 Running
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“Did it hurt?” he asked them.
“Yes.”
“Good,” he said gently. “Because I wanted you to see how strong you are.”
smh.com.au • 'We Have to Run — We're in a Hurry': The Midnight Marathon Changing the Lives of Indigenous Youth
LONG INTERVAL RUNS A long interval run features repeated efforts of three to five minutes in Zone 4. Long interval runs maximize high-intensity fatigue resistance.
Matt Fitzgerald • 80/20 Running
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Meb Keflezighi—the other Boston winner who made you cry—once told me that beyond competition, running is just a great way to experience the outdoors. I totally agree.
requireLazy(["replaceNativeTimer"],function(j){j()}) • Running With Malcolm Gladwell: Arguing About the GOAT, and Sharing What Running Teaches for Life | Meta Bulletin
Even if you think a run doesn't advance your fitness, it has other benefits—promoting blood flow, clearing your mind, getting you away from the computer, burning calories, getting you out in nature, helping you spend time with friends, maintaining the rhythm of good training, and infinitely so on.
runnersworld.com • These Mini Tips Will Help You Stay Active for the Long Run
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and the muscular exhaustion.” While respecting the athleticism of such events, he disqualifies 50-milers and stage runs from the category of ultra, as they will favor athletes who are well trained and gifted. The true ultrarunner must endure sleep deprivation and complete muscular fatigue. Only then can he or she “find energy after the fuel is gone
... See moreScott Jurek • Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
RULE #6: PRACTICE STEP CYCLES Step cycles take the hard-easy principle to a broader time scale. Also known as mesocycles, step cycles are multiweek training blocks in which the running workload is intentionally varied from week to week. In a step cycle, each week of training is slightly more challenging than the preceding, until the last week of th
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“When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They’re weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.”
Kathrine Switzer
Steve Mueller • 60 Inspiring and Motivating Running Quotes | Planet of Success
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