Hey Rational Runner want to run faster? Try some strides. For those of you who do not know: strides are a secret of professional runners, They are a sort of mini speed work out you do usually after your run. Here's how.
When you are done on an easy or medium day, let your heart settle. Then run the length of a foo...tball field (be great to do them *on* a football field) working your speed up to 85% of your max for the middle third of the field, then ease it down for the last third. If you are training for the marathon walk back, or for the half marathon or 10K jog back slowly down the field. Get your heart back down. Then do it again.
In the HR Monitor diagram (clicking on the image makes it larger) I worked ten easy strides into a 6 mile slow run. Can you see them? I ran 30 seconds doing the stride, then a one minute recovery jog, and then repeat 10 times. Then I finished the run. But ideally, do them when you are done your run! Don't do so many that it feels like a hard day! Do 10 Max.
So you Rational Runner: work in some strides like I do and learn to run faster like the pros!
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