Run Slow to Run Fast - What It Means and Why It Works
Season 1 Episode 60 of Running to the Castle Podcast w/ Dr. Ali Marty
In this episode of Running to the Castle I’m explaining what “run slow to run fast” actually means and who it works for.
This means that 80% of your running should be a conversational, slow pace. The other 20% you can push your limits.
Running slow works for runners with
Knee pain
Old knee injuries that flare up
Difficulty breaking through a specific pace
Goals of running faster
Listen to the podcast to know how slow, actually pace-wise, you should run, and what kind of speed workouts to do if you’re using run-walk intervals.
When you run fast over and over again for every training run it’s like pulling all nighters in college night after night… it works fine for a few runs (or a few nights) but it’s not sustainable. You can’t do it all the time, it’s going to catch up to you.
If you push yourself running fast every run you are actually going to get slower.
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