be regarded as normal. For those who have to work and run, a good rule of thumb is, One day off a week, one weekend off a month, and one month off a year. If you have a planned training period of 8-10 weeks leading up to a big race, you can then carry
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opinion building muscle on your upper body just means extra weight to carry round 26.2 miles. I'd forget the weight training until after marafun, and enjoy the fact that those skinny arms and chest will give you a bit of extra speed on race day. – Ultra
self-esteem is higher when we are running well. If you are building up for a big race in 12 weeks time, the best period for a training camp is in the third or fourth week, so that you can build on the increased fitness in later weeks. The fact that you
and fit one of these in at least every 10 days.Id also recommend training on the track. Try hard intervals over as little as 200-400m, up to 1K. Shorter repetitions will help improve your pure speed and help you kick at the end of races. Longer
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for you to race over in the future. 8. Learn the hard-easy routineWhether youre one of the worlds elite or a beginner, stick to the hard-easy method of vigorous exercise followed by either a rest day or a recovery run. Even if you do feel fantastic
