How much improvement are runners capable of, and at what age? I consider myself a middle of the pack runner but I would love to be a very good runner. I know I will never be elite or anything near that, but I would love to get my race times :30-1:00/mile faster. Is that a realistic goal? And what are the keys to achieving it?
How much improvement are runners capable of, and at what age? I consider myself a middle of the pack runner but I would love to be a very good runner. I know I will never be elite or anything near that, but I would love to get my race times :30-1:00/mile faster. Is that a realistic goal? And what are the keys to achieving it?
TOTALLY realistic!!!! Keys are strength and consistency, which is facilitate by making your easy days TRULY an easy effort. This is how you can run more frequently, get all those delicious benefits, and not beat your body up! Most of the things we do for the sake of performance can be detrimental to our health, so I always tell runners to start by trying to run easy effort (HR under 140bpm) for 30 minutes 5 days per week (Take Thursday off!)
How much improvement are runners capable of, and at what age? I consider myself a middle of the pack runner but I would love to be a very good runner. I know I will never be elite or anything near that, but I would love to get my race times :30-1:00/mile faster. Is that a realistic goal? And what are the keys to achieving it?
TOTALLY realistic!!!! Keys are strength and consistency, which is facilitate by making your easy days TRULY an easy effort. This is how you can run more frequently, get all those delicious benefits, and not beat your body up! Most of the things we do for the sake of performance can be detrimental to our health, so I always tell runners to start by trying to run easy effort (HR under 140bpm) for 30 minutes 5 days per week (Take Thursday off!)
I am very bad at that. :) I know it's something I need to work on. Thank you!
Great question, Tamara!