When treating the injury, we then need to address many of these factors to make progress 📈 2/2

For many runners, training for a half marathon or shorter ends up being a more sustainable/fun experience vs. grinding out longer marathon training runs.

There’s value in seeing how fast you can run a shorter race, vs. pushing how far you can race. 2/2

Thanks!

Quickly addressing the issue w/ a reduction in training intensity, rehab, and improved sleep can ensure your training is only disrupted for a short time. 2/2

We often alternate each week with a longer or shorter long run.

A sample progression might look like this 👇

There are exceptions to this rule:
- Bone stress injuries
- Pain that increases significantly with running at any pace
- Acute soft tissue injuries

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Before the end of the training cycle I’ll get up to doing 6-7 rounds instead of 5.

If you’re just starting out, or are early in a training cycle, you can start with 3-4x mile repeats, or 3x2km instead.

For me, they feel firmer at 3hr marathon pace or faster. In a straight line… these shoes are fast.

I’ll be wearing these for my 2024 races for sure.

Thanks to my guys at Running Wild in Davenport IA for having these in my size 😎

Not an ad for Saucony- just feedback from a repeat customer.

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If your race is on the roads, include road training runs.

If your race could be hot, do some heat training.

You can get by without doing any of these things, but more preparation increases your chances of race day going well.

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Each shoe measured 3x:

Shoe 1: 1020m
Shoe 2: 998m
Shoe 3: 1003m
Shoe 4: 1012m

While the degree of error is relatively small, the gap of 22m between shoes would add up quickly as the run progresses.