Hi, this is Debbie Boyles, coach at Mojo for Running with podcast number 50.

Training Principles Revisited.

Before I forget, I want to say this at the top of the podcast.

Please follow me on Twitter at Mojo for Running.

I'd love to be able to converse with more of you that way.

And another way we can converse is by your visiting my Mojo for Running Facebook page.

Now for today's topic, it occurs to me that some people may never go back and listen to the first Mojo for Running podcast.

After all, I started this podcast way back in 2009. But some of those first

few podcasts really contained a lot of important information. The most important information I

could ever tell you about running is what I told you first. And that information is still exactly

the information that I share with my beginning

runners or any of the runners that I coach on a week-to-week basis. So it's extremely valuable.

There are lots of nuts and bolts in those first few podcasts. But since some people probably

haven't done that, haven't listened to them,

or maybe just need a reminder, I thought I'd make this podcast a reminder of all those most

important training principles. Number one, practice the hard, easy principle, which means

never putting two hard days back to back. It's fine to put two easy days back to back, but if you put two hard days back to back. It's fine to put two easy days back to back,

but if you put two hard days back to back, you're never going to improve as quickly

because you're not going to get the maximum benefit out of your hard days, and most importantly,

you're risking injury. My recommendation is to not even wear your watch on your easy days.

It's not unusual for me to see a runner start reading off his or her mile splits after a run,

a run that's supposed to be an easy run, and for them to be excited if they think that the times are fast.

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