I figured this out all by myself recently. I don't know about 30 second walk breaks, I hike TRAILS with hills and I simply use a heart rate monitor. I run till it's uncomfortable and then I walk till my heart rate falls or until I feel like running again. (I'm just starting at age 66) not racing. I'm just trying to find personal best times every couple of weeks. I'm doing 8 miles with 1500 feet of elevation gain on my regular training trail. I literally cannot run 8 miles continuously yet. I'm just trying to get in better shape for long distance BACKPACKING. In two years I backpacked 2000 miles but I still cannot run more than 30% of my training (run/walk/run) hikes but I'm only just starting to even try running. I'm positive I'll get to a point of being able to run 10 miles by the end of summer (it's mid June now) it's only my knees that keep me from running more. But I agree that run/walk/run might be better than all running because you can run faster and change up your speeds as you train. It's good for HIIT training. This REALLY WORKS now that I'm doing it on all my training hikes.
Super helpful!! Thank you, Jeff!!
I figured this out all by myself recently. I don't know about 30 second walk breaks, I hike TRAILS with hills and I simply use a heart rate monitor. I run till it's uncomfortable and then I walk till my heart rate falls or until I feel like running again. (I'm just starting at age 66) not racing. I'm just trying to find personal best times every couple of weeks. I'm doing 8 miles with 1500 feet of elevation gain on my regular training trail. I literally cannot run 8 miles continuously yet. I'm just trying to get in better shape for long distance BACKPACKING. In two years I backpacked 2000 miles but I still cannot run more than 30% of my training (run/walk/run) hikes but I'm only just starting to even try running. I'm positive I'll get to a point of being able to run 10 miles by the end of summer (it's mid June now) it's only my knees that keep me from running more. But I agree that run/walk/run might be better than all running because you can run faster and change up your speeds as you train. It's good for HIIT training. This REALLY WORKS now that I'm doing it on all my training hikes.
if you did it in a more systemized way, you would be more efficient. Try 5 min/30 seconds or try different intervals to see when you need a break.
That was almost three years ago. Ive made huge gains since then and this video has only 6 comments
I'm glad that you've made the gains. @@hikerJohn
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I do it on all runs, but you don't have to. You can use this method on Long Runs only if you want. I find myself going faster, incorporating breaks.