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| Subject: Train slow if you want to run faster Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:24 pm | |
| It's counter-intuitive and counter to the fitness zeitgeist of hard and fast interval training. But if you want to speed up – running, cycling or swimming – you may want to slow down your training.
"What's the point of doing 50-metre sprints, 100-metre sprints if you're doing a 14k race," asks Ben Lucas, owner of Flow Athletic. "It's the ability to sustain pace for a volume of time, and you can only do that with a strong aerobic base."
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/fitness/train-slow-if-you-want-to-run-faster-20170803-gxoecv.html |
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