You Can Run Long… But Why Can’t You Run Faster?
Coach Cronk | Enduraprep
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Can you run for hours, but struggle to get significantly faster?
It’s something I regularly see in experienced runners and triathletes.
They’ve developed excellent endurance and may already be doing tempo and threshold work, but the gap between their steady pace and their faster race paces has become surprisingly small.
In this final episode of my VO₂ max series, I explain how I use short, fast running intervals to help athletes raise their speed ceiling.
We look at why repeatedly pushing threshold isn’t always the answer, why running fast can also create important mechanical and technical adaptations, and how sessions such as 30/30s, 40/20s and 1-minute intervals can be incorporated into training.
I also cover two practical ways I use these sessions:
• Dedicated interval sessions for runners
• Short brick-run intervals for triathletes
• How I “microdose” speed into endurance runs
• How hard the repetitions should actually feel
• Why repeatability and running form matter more than chasing one huge effort
• How raising your top-end speed can create room for threshold and race pace to improve
This is Episode 3 of my VO₂ Max series from Enduraprep, following the swim and cycling episodes.
If you’re an endurance runner or triathlete who has built plenty of durability but feels like you’re missing another gear, this one is for you.
Online endurance coaching:
www.enduraprep.com
#Running #RunningTraining #VO2Max #TriathlonTraining #RunFaster #EnduranceTraining #RunningCoach
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You Can Run Long… But Why Can’t You Run Faster?
Coach Cronk | Enduraprep
4,806 views
Can you run for hours, but struggle to get significantly faster?
It’s something I regularly see in experienced runners and triathletes.
They’ve developed excellent endurance and may already be doing tempo and threshold work, but the gap between their steady pace and their faster race paces has become surprisingly small.
In this final episode of my VO₂ max series, I explain how I use short, fast running intervals to help athletes raise their speed ceiling.
We look at why repeatedly pushing threshold isn’t always the answer, why running fast can also create important mechanical and technical adaptations, and how sessions such as 30/30s, 40/20s and 1-minute intervals can be incorporated into training.
I also cover two practical ways I use these sessions:
• Dedicated interval sessions for runners
• Short brick-run intervals for triathletes
• How I “microdose” speed into endurance runs
• How hard the repetitions should actually feel
• Why repeatability and running form matter more than chasing one huge effort
• How raising your top-end speed can create room for threshold and race pace to improve
This is Episode 3 of my VO₂ Max series from Enduraprep, following the swim and cycling episodes.
If you’re an endurance runner or triathlete who has built plenty of durability but feels like you’re missing another gear, this one is for you.
Online endurance coaching:
www.enduraprep.com
#Running #RunningTraining #VO2Max #TriathlonTraining #RunFaster #EnduranceTraining #RunningCoach