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A well guided plan is the foundation of success at any endeavor. Here I seek to give you that as it pertains to long distance running. For a large part of my life I studied everything I could get my hands on to improve my own running performances. With over 30 years experience and national class performances of my own, I am well suited to get you well on your way to some awesome PR's! I've studied exercise physiology, got well aquinted with some of the top runners in the world (World record holders & #1 rankers - picking their brians to understand what they were doing) and was even a subject in a university lab study ("lab rat") on runners. Where, by the way, I recorded a Max VO2 of 78 and body fat composition of just a smidge over 4%. Anyway, let's get on with the training as that's what we're here for!
THE MAIN PHASES OF TRAINING
The training pyramid
THE FIRST PHASE
Base training: 12 - 18 Weeks of slow but high mileage
THE SECOND PHASE
Tempo training: Comfortably fast (no that's not an oxymoron) running
THE THIRD PHASE
Interval training: Race pace training for race specificity
THE FINAL PHASE
Speed training: Adding to the overall arsenalRead Tom's running profile
