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Build Your Running Body: A Total-Body Fitness Plan for All Distance Runners, from Milers to Ultramarathoners-Run Farther, Faster, and Injury-Free Pete Magill, Tom Schwartz, Melissa Breyer
Publisher: Experiment, The

Jan 21, 2014 - I just really like how incredible my body feels during a run. I would start the first run in the early morning and finish the last run close to midnight, building up to 5 hours in total. And I bet any runner would tell you the same thing. Jul 15, 2011 - WHY: Posture and flexibility of the upper body and trunk are often overlooked parts of a runner's performance plan. I find the combination of cushioning on long runs and proprioception in more minimal shoes on shorter/daily runs gives my legs/feet the variability I need to maintain and even build good form. The race The race programme had included biographies of all the competitors, and the field had a considerable amount of ultrarunning experience between them. Dec 7, 2011 - And he had run over ten ultramarathons, from 50 to 100 miles! I love the amazing sense of accomplishment I feel after finishing something as stupid as running 100 miles straight. Strong, but relatively flexible legs can help your running. I would do high intensity track or hill intervals on one day during the week, but the interval workout never lasted longer than 30 minutes. Jan 12, 2013 - For example, it is unlikely that ultra marathons are actually physically beneficial for any runners, elite or (sometimes) pedestrian, because the combination of the distances run and the time on the feet is actually beyond the natural capacity of humans. Is Ryan Hall a more accomplished runner than Usain Bolt, because Hall runs 26.2 miles and Bolt only sprints 100 meters? Dec 14, 2011 - The priority was to remain injury free so instead of running for several hours at a time, I split the long runs by completing multiple runs during the day of no more than 75 minutes duration. There is a I get emails from readers all the time that say things like “I can't run nearly as far as you” or “so far I've only ever run a 10K” – and every time my heart breaks a little bit. Still, I keep thinking I should be planning for the big one. Dec 8, 2010 - But physical fitness is not enough to prepare anyone for the toll that 26.2 miles will take on the body. I used to do presses and deadlifts after reading Power to the People!, but I felt my ego pushing me harder and faster than my body wanted to go. I have enough variety in my training (yoga, running, biking, kettlebells, clubs, calisthenics) help keep me injury free.