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Ep 5 - How long should the Long Run be?

Ep 5 - How long should the Long Run be?

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In this weeks episode we ask the question - "Does everyone need a 20-mile or 32-kilometre long run?"

To help answer the questions we discuss the following:

  • No — the number itself isn't the point; the point is what the run is meant to rehearse or develop for race day.
  • For some runners that distance is genuinely useful; for others, especially slower runners, it's a disproportionate muscular and time cost relative to the benefit.
  • The better question than “how far” is: what is this specific long run run supposed to teach the body this week?

With René Borg and Eoin Flynn from Running Coach Ireland.

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