5-minute Mile Training - Articles
Running 100 miles on 4 miles per day training runs.
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Ken C.
Lately, I have almost given my running a back seat. Oh, I still get a run in 5 days a week, but 4-5 miles is all I have been getting per day. I fear my overall endurance has slid off a little, but I am knocking off these 4 milers like they were nothing. Makes me wonder if I ...
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Triathlon Training: 24 Mile Bike
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Jeff Irvin
Got up at 6am today, tossed the bike in the SUV and headed down to the rural roads of Huffman, TX. I met up with my buddy Chris and we ended up doing 24 miles. We somehow missed a turn because normally this trail is 26 miles - not sure what really happened? Anyways, it was a very comfortable ride despite the heat. I was abl ...
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Hal Higdon Training: 5 Mile Run
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Jeff Irvin
Just checked my workout logs and I'm up to 101.62 miles running for November. Still have three days left with 9 miles, 5 miles, and 14 miles scheduled. That is a lot of miles for me! Annie had to be at work early this morn ...
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Hal Higdon Training: 4 Mile Run
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Jeff Irvin
Today was an easy 5am run. It was pretty crisp outside so both Annie and I enjoyed our run. We did an easy aerobic pace like Higdon recommends and did the 4 miles in a little under 40 minutes. It was a little hard to hold back and just focus on staying in my aerobic zone, especially after running hard at my last race, but we both ...
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Hal Higdon Training: 8 Mile Run
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Jeff Irvin
Annie and I got up in the wee-wee hours of the morning and did an 8 mile run. The alarm clock went off at 5am and I really didn't want to get up. I told Annie I wanted to sleep and she told me to get up. It is days like these when it is awe ...
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Hal Higdon Training: 5 Mile Run
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Jeff Irvin
... her 2 hours. Annie got home from work around 6:30 so we got on the running gear and hit the road. It was dark so we put on bright reflective clothing and went for our run. 5 miles was no problem tonight, even after 9 miles yesterday! We ended up doing the run in 47 minutes and that included a couple minute hiatus to play with a neighbor's puppies. ...
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Rethinking the 20 mile marathon training run
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Amy H.
At the heart of marathon training for the past several decades has been the 20-mile run. Regarded as the must-run distance before showing up on marathon day, completing the 20 miler has become the cardinal rule to “get in.”I’ve experimented with lots of ...
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Hal Higdon Training: 4 Mile Run
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Jeff Irvin
Higdon's plan called for an easy 4 mile run today and that was exactly what I did!Actually slept in to about 7am! Since the Steelers were on late last night I didn't get to bed at my normal early hour. It was a ...
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