Post by marathondude on Feb 23, 2009 16:37:10 GMT -5
Stamina Training and Speed Sessions
Do you want to race faster? Do you wish to lower your personal best times or at least your recent race times? Do you wonder if you can drop your times without any more apparent racing effort? Most runners who race at any distance from the mile to the marathon know it is necessary to include some fast training at distances less than their race distance in order to lower their times. Interestingly, almost without exception, runners talk about “doing speed work.” However, when runners talk about their speed work sessions, in most instances they are actually performing stamina work. It is important to now the difference and to include both elements of training in your plan to get faster.
Go to www.garycohenrunning.com for the remainder of this article which is featured in the Mar/Apr, 2009 issue of Florida Running and Triathlon. Click on "Articles" and then "Stamina Training and Speed Sessions" to find out about 1) Stamina versus Speed - What's the Difference? 2) Speed Sessions - Theory and Examples; 3) Explaining the Math and 4) What to do.
Do you want to race faster? Do you wish to lower your personal best times or at least your recent race times? Do you wonder if you can drop your times without any more apparent racing effort? Most runners who race at any distance from the mile to the marathon know it is necessary to include some fast training at distances less than their race distance in order to lower their times. Interestingly, almost without exception, runners talk about “doing speed work.” However, when runners talk about their speed work sessions, in most instances they are actually performing stamina work. It is important to now the difference and to include both elements of training in your plan to get faster.
Go to www.garycohenrunning.com for the remainder of this article which is featured in the Mar/Apr, 2009 issue of Florida Running and Triathlon. Click on "Articles" and then "Stamina Training and Speed Sessions" to find out about 1) Stamina versus Speed - What's the Difference? 2) Speed Sessions - Theory and Examples; 3) Explaining the Math and 4) What to do.