Boosting Confidence and Mimicking Fatigue
Coach Danielle Hirt discusses strategies to boost confidence and mimic fatigue in long-distance runners. By increasing time on feet or incorporating back-to-back long runs, runners can prepare mentally and physically for race day. It's important to remember that one long run doesn't define race performance, but rather the cumulative effect of training over time.In this clip
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s1/e31 Training for a 6-Hour Marathon or a 3-Hour Half Marathon with Coach Danielle Hirt (@runwithcoachd)
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How long should your long runs be for marathon training, time-wise, in the episode s1/e31 Training for a 6-Hour Marathon or a 3-Hour Half Marathon with Coach Danielle Hirt (@runwithcoachd) and the clip Boosting Confidence and Mimicking Fatigue?
How do long runs fit into the training plans for the episode s1/e31 Training for a 6-Hour Marathon or a 3-Hour Half Marathon with Coach Danielle Hirt (@runwithcoachd) and the clip Boosting Confidence and Mimicking Fatigue?
While training for a marathon or half marathon, is it a good strategy to break up a long run over two days? For example, if I were to substitute a 10-mile long run on Saturday followed by a 3-mile recovery run on Sunday with a 7-mile run on Saturday and a 6-mile run on Sunday, would I be achieving the same adaptations?