What would you recommend for getting better at distance running?

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Drew Wartenburg · Answer

What would you recommend for getting better at distance running? I think the first thing that I would recommend for anyone starting out as a distance runner or trying to make significant improvements is embrace your starting point. There is no way to get around your current fitness in any one moment and skip ahead to where you'd like to be. So I think being able to start there and then take one rung at a time or one stair step at a time is the best way to improve. It's also no secret that to get better at distance running you've got to practice, you've got to commit and that can involve all kinds of different things like having a structured and articulated training program, a coach or someone to oversee that. And then I think within the framework there you also have to enjoy what you're doing. It's difficult to get better at something that you don't enjoy so finding joy is important.

Kate Edwards, PT, DPT, OCS · Answer

Hey everyone, Kate Edwards here. The question I'm answering is what would you recommend for getting better at distance running? Well the first thing I would say is that you want to make sure that you have a few things dialed in. One, make sure your training plan is good and if you're someone that's been running for a little while and you really haven't made any progress I would suggest hiring a coach. The second thing is make sure your nutrition and your sleep are dialed in because those are, sleep is like a superpower and if you get enough sleep that can really help with recovery as well as performance. Same thing with nutrition, if you're not feeding or fueling your body enough you're not going to be able to put in the miles you need to do to train. And then the last thing is to prevent injury and make sure that you can really get the power that you need I would definitely say add some strength training and mobility in.

Aliphine Tuliamuk · Answer

That's a good question. What would you recommend for getting better at distant running? Running. You get better at running by running. And so with distant running, I think that being able to run, you know, more mileage is definitely something that is going to improve your running. And so I would say that, you know, two or three times a week, you know, you double it. For example, you do your longer run in the morning and then in the evening, you know, you do a shorter run, maybe half of what you did in the morning or even less than that. And then, you know, like get your long runs up there, you know, slowly, maybe add a mile each week or add a half a mile each week until you get to the highest mileage that you can. And if you're training for a marathon, for example, in our group, you know, like what's the last four weeks, we make sure that we run anywhere between 24 and 26 miles. That way I know that I can handle the distance. And, you know, the long runs, they don't always have to be fast. You know, like it's just time on your feet, because when you're trying to be a long distance runner, you're trying to see how long can you stay on your feet. And so easy long runs are definitely a good way to get through that. And, you know, like if you can recruit people to run with you even better and like if you are trying to run 24 miles, for example, obviously you can find a lot of people that want to run 24 miles. So in my opinion, I would stack up my friends and I would be like, hey, I have a friend running six miles with me and then another one jumping in and then another one running the last, you know, like six miles with me. I think that would be really helpful. And then maybe sometimes, you know, like listening to a podcast or music will definitely get you through. But yeah, like if you want to get better at running long distance, it's basically training and putting in the mileage.

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