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Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

Up-Tempo Talks - Why do Runners Do That? (Race Infrequently, Hit the Track, Hate Heel Striking) 2020/07/16

Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

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Running, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports

4.5936 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this second part of "Why do Runners Do That" series, Coach Ruairi and Coach Dylan answer three more questions that are commonly asked related to running. Tune in now!

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0:00.0

Hey everyone welcome back to another episode of Up Tempo Talks. I'm Coach Rory and

0:12.3

I'm Coach Dylan and today we're going to bring back a segment

0:15.2

that seemed to have been pretty popular with our listeners and viewers who are calling it.

0:20.4

Why do runners do that?

0:22.1

So we're going to cover the answers to three questions related to running and they could cover a variety of topics.

0:29.0

Some of them have been submitted or suggested by other runners.

0:32.5

And some of them we just come up with on their own, like today.

0:35.9

All right, so let's just get right into it

0:37.7

with our first question.

0:38.9

All right, this could apply to a variety of runners,

0:41.0

but you may most commonly see it with elite and professional runners. variety of variety of runners,

0:44.0

why do so many runners race

0:47.0

really infrequently,

0:48.0

perhaps only two to three times

0:50.0

in an entire calendar year.

0:52.0

Of course, 2020 would be an exception. Yeah. in an

0:53.7

calendar year.

0:51.7

Of course, 2020 would be an exception.

0:54.4

Yeah, and this is actually a really good topic to talk about right now because a lot of us,

0:59.4

this might be the very first time that we've ever not raced frequently. A lot of us get the running

1:06.9

bug, you know, the training, the racing bugs show up at the races and you know get your

1:11.5

medal, try to run a personal best and there's just this cycle of it

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