Building Your Base
Elisabeth and Alison discuss the importance of building a strong base before incorporating speed work into your running routine. They emphasize the benefits of an aerobic base in preventing injury and overexertion, and how it allows for more flexibility and variety in training.In this clip
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Related Questions
At what point do you shift from low-intensity aerobic base training to high-intensity interval sessions when training for running?
If I already have a base of a solid 4-4.5 miles, is it a good way to build up to long runs by doing a running workout like the ones in the episodes s2/e19 How to Use a Track as an Endurance Runner with Jason Fitzgerald of Strength Running and Building Speed?
If I already have a base of a solid 4-4.5 miles, is it a good way to build up to long runs by doing running workouts like the ones in the episodes Episode 33 - Joel Runyon on What It Takes to Run 7 Ultramarathons on 7 Continents and Speed Work and Ultramarathons?