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Sep 18, 2019Liked by Terrell Johnson

Hi Terrell, well said!

The reader who emailed you is right! Except for the “need to” part: speed work is far from the only thing that will make you faster, unless you are an elite athlete who is already maximally efficient. Most of us aren’t! We can get GREAT results by doing things that don’t put us at risk the way track intervals do.

Speedwork in the right measure when you are strong enough to execute it properly (that’s the key part) will make you faster. But it’s not what everyone needs, by any means. My PT (a young, super fast dude, in case that makes you more likely to believe him) says that 90% of the injured runners that come see him are there because of training errors, and most of the time that means too much speedwork too soon. I say go for the things you CAN do that are vanishingly unlikely to overtrain you or hurt you (more easy miles, more strength, better sleep and nutrition).

Thanks for the thoughtful followup!

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Sep 18, 2019Liked by Terrell Johnson

Skinnydipper 5K? No. Oh my God, No!

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