of ‘pain is my friend’ ethic – that we’re sworn to uphold.Now, about that secret. I wouldn’t want anyone to think I’ve gone soft or anything but... um, this is hard to get out... I often take walking breaks during my daily runs.There, that feels much better
into the no-pain, no-gain trap. They train too hard. You know what comes next; burnout, fatigue, injury.Some runners make the opposite mistake. They don’t train hard enough. Their speciality is junk mileage – running so slowly that they receive little