Run Better in Less Time: How to Maximize Your Miles and Still Have a Life
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
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🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
If you have a busy life outside of running, and let's face it, we all do, this can be a real challenge. And let me tell you a little secret--all that time might actually be unnecessary!
On today's Run to the Top, Coach Claire reveals some great ways to better fit your training into your busy life. She goes over:
- Exactly how much time you need to invest in training for endurance races from the 5k to the marathon
- How to maximize your training into less overall time, and
- How to organize your schedule so you can train better without wrecking the rest of your life
If you're ready to jump into a new distance or if you are feeling overwhelmed with your current schedule, this is the info you need to maximize your miles!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there my running friend this is Coach Claire Bartholic, the Planted Runner, and this is the |
| 0:15.2 | Run To the Top Podcast, one of the first and only running podcast dedicated to making you |
| 0:20.7 | a better runner with each and every episode. |
| 0:23.5 | We are created and produced by the expert team of running coaches at runnersconnect.net, |
| 0:29.3 | where you can find the best running information on the internet, as well as running coaching plans to |
| 0:34.4 | fit every runner and every budget. |
| 0:37.0 | The best thing you can do to become a better runner is to run more. The only problem with that is, well, there are a lot of problems with that. The first thing is that if you are just starting out running too much too soon or too often is a really bad idea |
| 0:58.2 | Your bones muscles and tendons aren't yet used to the pounding of running even if you are cardiovascularly fit |
| 1:06.3 | from another sport. So you have to gradually build up your running over time with plenty of recovery |
| 1:12.4 | time in between sessions. Gradually you're running over time with plenty of recovery time in between sessions. |
| 1:14.0 | Gradually your body will adapt and you'll be able to run more and more and more and more |
| 1:18.0 | until it's a bad idea again. |
| 1:21.0 | Everyone's mileage sweet spot will be a little different and it definitely will change |
| 1:25.2 | with how you fuel, how you sleep and lots of other factors but at a certain point more |
| 1:31.0 | running breaks you down more than it builds you up. |
| 1:34.0 | The next problem with all of this running is that it takes so much time. |
| 1:39.0 | To be really fit for the marathon, for example, you'll need to invest five 10 maybe even 15 hours a week or more |
| 1:47.8 | running that's a serious part-time job if you have a busy life outside of running and let's face it, we all do, this can be a real challenge and let me tell you a little secret. All that time might actually be unnecessary. |
| 2:04.0 | On today's run to the top, I'm going to reveal some great ways to better fit your training into your |
| 2:10.8 | busy life. I'll go over exactly how much time you need to |
| 2:14.3 | invest in training for endurance races from the 5K to the marathon. How to |
| 2:18.7 | maximize your training into less overall time and how to organize your schedule so you can train better |
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