I have been watching your channel for quite some time and just wanted to say thank you for your inspiration! I love it and actually do the things you preach (e.g. strength training). I also listen to your content on my long runs. Thank you for keeping us office workers, dads, weekend warriors motivated every day 👏 Love from Switzerland 🇨🇭 PS: trying my first marathon in Zurich in April 2025 🤞
For me, it might be the other way around: I will have more time in the holidays, and I'm considering doing more than my normal schedule which is a long run, a workout, and a third run which is sometimes a baby workout or an easy run with some hill sprints, plus two PT-oriented strength training sessions to keep my weak knees functioning properly. I've always viewed the easy/recovery runs as something as padding to get the weekly mileage up, and as I do only three runs in a week, I never really bothered with them. Although perhaps I'm going about it the wrong way, and I should have started with more easy runs and only when those are going well to focus more on the 'quality trainings', but I find the workouts more satisfying than just going for a short easy run.
Great advice, thanks. I’ll revise my plan a bit and prioritize the long run and the workouts. After I recover from CIM though. Easy miles for at least another week.
Hi, is it possible to have 3-4 runs (the most importatnt runs as was said in the video) per week throughout the whole year? In my opinion - for beginners and intermediates yes... Where is the "border" when 3-4 runs per week (every week) is not enough? Or is it a good alternative to easy/recovery runs some cross training (bike, cross country skiing...)?
I am always afraid that strength training will ruin my long run of A-workout. I need 48 hours to recover from a heavy (relatively ) strength workout. So I end up with 15-25min easy workouts (lunges, bridge, easy squats) before or after the runs.
Thanks for breaking it down for us once again, Jason. Really useful stuff and I totally agree with the taking off-time comment. I was on a holiday in Naples last month and kept off my training schedule for an entire week; my Garmin went crazy, felt like it almost started telling calling me names. XD I panicked a little bit, but I mostly kept cool. Cuz I came back, went back to it, adapted within 2-3 runs and nothing changed, as you say. Take away message: Guys, beware this tech, it's taking the fun out of it!
I have been watching your channel for quite some time and just wanted to say thank you for your inspiration! I love it and actually do the things you preach (e.g. strength training). I also listen to your content on my long runs. Thank you for keeping us office workers, dads, weekend warriors motivated every day 👏 Love from Switzerland 🇨🇭
PS: trying my first marathon in Zurich in April 2025 🤞
Nice neighborhood :-)
Very practical advise for many of us whose schedule gets messed up with vacations, family trips and huge meals!
For me, it might be the other way around: I will have more time in the holidays, and I'm considering doing more than my normal schedule which is a long run, a workout, and a third run which is sometimes a baby workout or an easy run with some hill sprints, plus two PT-oriented strength training sessions to keep my weak knees functioning properly.
I've always viewed the easy/recovery runs as something as padding to get the weekly mileage up, and as I do only three runs in a week, I never really bothered with them. Although perhaps I'm going about it the wrong way, and I should have started with more easy runs and only when those are going well to focus more on the 'quality trainings', but I find the workouts more satisfying than just going for a short easy run.
I have more free time over the holidays so pick it up
Great advice, thanks. I’ll revise my plan a bit and prioritize the long run and the workouts. After I recover from CIM though. Easy miles for at least another week.
Hi, is it possible to have 3-4 runs (the most importatnt runs as was said in the video) per week throughout the whole year? In my opinion - for beginners and intermediates yes... Where is the "border" when 3-4 runs per week (every week) is not enough? Or is it a good alternative to easy/recovery runs some cross training (bike, cross country skiing...)?
I am always afraid that strength training will ruin my long run of A-workout. I need 48 hours to recover from a heavy (relatively ) strength workout. So I end up with 15-25min easy workouts (lunges, bridge, easy squats) before or after the runs.
Thanks for breaking it down for us once again, Jason. Really useful stuff and I totally agree with the taking off-time comment.
I was on a holiday in Naples last month and kept off my training schedule for an entire week; my Garmin went crazy, felt like it almost started telling calling me names. XD
I panicked a little bit, but I mostly kept cool.
Cuz I came back, went back to it, adapted within 2-3 runs and nothing changed, as you say.
Take away message: Guys, beware this tech, it's taking the fun out of it!
I put core above heavy weightlifting
I dont cut ANYTHING running or fitness related ever its simply priority number one and everything else gets cut
Personally, I don't say "niggle". Too risky. I say "ache" or "minor injury".
What's in your running travel bag