How to Maximize Training for Busy Lives - with Duncan Larkin
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
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🗓️ 17 January 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
If an airplane wing is too rigid, the plane will crash, and according to author and marathoner Duncan Larkin, the same is true for us runners.
When we adhere too closely to our training plans or even, as Duncan says, the tenets of his own books, we don't leave room for two crucial details: one, that each of our bodies is different and possesses its own unique ebb and flow and two, we're just plain busy.
For most of us, running isn't our number one priority and our schedules don't always perfectly complement our training - and that's okay.
However, to optimize our performance and steer clear of injury, it's important to be flexible and emphasize quality over quantity in training, and that's the basis of Duncan's new book, The 30-Minute Runner: Smart Training for Busy Beginners.
Duncan writes for Outside Magazine, Runner's World, and ESPN to name a few, and he was on the show in 2017 to talk about his second newest book Run Simple: A Minimalist Approach to Fitness and Wellbeing.
In this episode, Duncan shares with us a little about his new book and his tips for maximizing training when you lead a busy life (which probably applies to you if I had to guess).
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Run to the Top podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | Having a weekly purpose and I have things like building your base, doing hills or speed work, |
| 0:11.0 | the most important thing isn't like, on today I'm going to do you |
| 0:14.3 | know five minutes of a walk and a steady lap and then hard laps and then |
| 0:18.3 | cool down. That's important for somebody that doesn't know how to do that but |
| 0:21.3 | what's to me the most important is what's my |
| 0:23.5 | purpose for the week. |
| 0:26.2 | Welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast from Runners Connect, where it's all about learning |
| 0:30.9 | from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:41.0 | Now here's your host, |
| 0:43.5 | Shinnade Hockey. |
| 0:45.0 | Hey guys, this is Shinnade, back with you again |
| 0:48.0 | for this latest episode of Run To the Top, brought to you by Runners Connect. |
| 0:52.0 | Thank you so much for taking the time to |
| 0:54.8 | join me today. I hope you're having a wonderful day and that this podcast makes it |
| 0:59.1 | even better. Last week we spoke with founders of November Project, Boyan Mandaric and Brogan Graham. |
| 1:06.0 | November Project is a free grassroots fitness movement that Boyan and Brogan initially started in 2011 to keep themselves in shape during the cold New England months. |
| 1:19.0 | The two made a pact to meet at 6.30 a.m. every day through the month of November and after a while they started |
| 1:26.5 | inviting others along via Twitter. Since then the movement has grown to 45 cities across the world and its biggest meetups are upwards of 1,500 people. |
| 1:39.0 | During the interview, Boan and Brogan shared a little about their story and what you can gain from |
| 1:44.9 | joining a tribe near you. It was a really interesting talk so be sure to |
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