Showing posts with label distance running workouts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label distance running workouts. Show all posts

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Should Your Recovery Runs be Faster?

Perhaps I should reconsider my belief that recovery runs need to be slow in order to be ready for the hard workouts. You can't argue with his success.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

How Long Before The Benefits of a Workout Are Felt?

"...most athletes will see a benefit from an individual workout 10-14 days after it is completed." -Joe Rubio, a two-time U.S. Olympic trials marathon qualifier and head coach of the ASICS Aggies

Good article in Running Times How Long Does it Take to Benefit From a Hard Workout? that discusses some of the other factors that may be involved.

The experts agree that your last VO2 max workout (something like 5 x 1000 meters at 5K pace)should be eight to 10 days prior to an important race.