Time: From PBs to finding time to train, it’s something every runner must master
Plus our podcast with Mr Long Slow Comfotable David Abbott on the benefits or running slowly and weight training
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Time… as runners we so often want to cut minutes and seconds off it to reach new PBs, while simultaneously needing more to get in that vital training.
This morning I squeezed in a rushed four miles before work, and it got me thinking about how runners who do extreme events and distances find the time to do their training and high levels of mileage.
I have been running 30 miles per week fairly regularly this year, and while that is not an inconsequential amount it pales into insignificance compared to what some runners do.
I also have the added advantage of working at home three days a week, being only 15 minutes from the office on other days and not having any children (and only one, admittedly slightly bonkers, cat) to look after.
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And the running hours I put in have to be tallied against everything from finding time for strength training to playing cricket, to trying - and largely failing! - to learn French to cooking dinner and editing a podcast.
I’m sure everyone has similar pieces of life’s puzzle to put together, so is my time management just really bad or are there some A grade tips and tricks people have to get things done?!?
That’s your cue to share… 😝
Happy running,
Craig 🏃♂️
This week on…
The podcast:
David Abbott only started running seven years ago, aged 35, but within a year he had qualified for the Boston Marathon and he's gone on to complete several sub-three hour marathons.
The American, who now lives in Japan, has also become a coach - not least through the prism of Twitter where under the moniker Mr Slow Easy Comfortable (search for @runliftrunlift) he offers reams of advice on everything from how running slower makes you faster, the benefits of weight training and what to do if you're a new runner.
Running Tales also spoke to David about how he grew his Twitter following and running in Japan...
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