? When Einstein runners finish a session, they don't write essays or poems. They record their numbers. How far did I run today? What was the temperature and humidity? My pre- and post-run weight? My average and maximum heart rate? Mission impossible
explains why runners get higher than cyclists, swimmers, and those who simply stroll around the block. Cyclists and swimmers don’t support their own body weight while exercising; walking isn’t very intense. In other words, these activities don’t produce
pedal pushing, but from a lean frame. If you carry too much weight, gravity pulls you backward. A Kenyan 10,000m runner on a bike might perform quite well in the Pyrenees, but the same Kenyan would be crushed in the time trials, which demand brute power
, but he takes it to the extreme. He runs only hard days – three of them a week. On the other four days, he doesn’t run at all, though he lifts weights several times a week, and also enjoys a fast game of tennis.In stripping his training programme to its
