Running
Training
How the work is structured, and what the sessions are for.
Training
How the work is structured, and what the sessions are for.
- Easy running, and why almost everyone does it too fastMost of a runner’s week is meant to be easy, most people cannot run easy, and the reason is that the pace feels wrong rather than that it is hard to find.2 min read
- The long run: what it is actually forWhy one run a week is longer than the others, what it changes, and why the answer to "how long" is a proportion rather than a distance.2 min read
- Intervals, reps and threshold: reading a sessionHow to decode "6 × 800m off 90s", what changes when you change each number, and how the common session types differ.2 min read
- Pacing: why going out fast failsThe mechanism behind the even split, why the first kilometre always feels too easy, and how to plan a pace you can actually hold.3 min read
Elsewhere in running
The other parts of this subject.