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Run Elite by Andrew Snow

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EvilPixie Jul 2024 1:10pm, 25 Jul 2024 56,254 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie Oh no no no I like my meat too much to do the plant thing 😂
Velociraptor Jul 2024 1:25pm, 25 Jul 2024 70,079 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor @Ultracat, no, I don't think he acknowledges walking as an actual thing. Or any form of cross training apart from lifting heavy weights (which is the thing that got Paula her world record). And the training pace chart in the book doesn't include marathon times slower than 4:15, although if you go to the online calculator runelitebook.com you can put in slower times - it doesn't flinch at 8 hours. The plant thing feels like a bit of a concession. The general feel of the book is, "Ideally, you shouldn't eat, but if you must eat, eat raw plants."
SPR Jul 2024 1:31pm, 25 Jul 2024 45,424 posts	Quote Pin SPR I've not read the book but my basic training template for a few years was six days a week of three runs around 60 mins, a long run around 90, a progressive run of about 7 miles for threshold, and 30-40 mins easy with 10 hill sprints of 10 secs so that sounds sensible. I raced XC and the range from 800-5000 with that. I'm unlikely to get the book on Vrap's review though. I was also lifting at least twice a week with the template above at least during the winter, maybe even three times at some points.
Velociraptor Jul 2024 1:33pm, 25 Jul 2024 70,084 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor You'd probably enjoy at least some of the book, SPR, especially if you did eventually step up (ha!) to the marathon. This is not to say that you'd find it useful.
SPR Jul 2024 1:33pm, 25 Jul 2024 45,425 posts	Quote Pin SPR Velociraptor wrote: The plant thing feels like a bit of a concession. The general feel of the book is, "Ideally, you shouldn't eat, but if you must eat, eat raw plants." 🤣🤣🤣
Ultracat Jul 2024 1:34pm, 25 Jul 2024 15,715 posts	Quote Pin Ultracat Thanks for the link to the calculator.
EvilPixie Jul 2024 1:38pm, 25 Jul 2024 56,256 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie It’s in kindle unlimited Didn’t fetch have a free link to that?
SPR Jul 2024 1:42pm, 25 Jul 2024 45,426 posts	Quote Pin SPR So there's about 20-30% good in there @Velociraptor? 😉 If it's on Kindle Unlimited, I'm sure they have trials every so often. Might have a look more at who the author is as his isn't a name I recognise.
Velociraptor Jul 2024 1:52pm, 25 Jul 2024 70,086 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Well, I managed to read it cover to cover, @SPR, and not entirely out of ghoulishness. And he does have the merit of not burbling on about stretching, though he's quite enthusiastic about the use of very cold water for purposes other than ingestion.
SPR Jul 2024 2:01pm, 25 Jul 2024 45,428 posts	Quote Pin SPR I just googled him and he's popped up on my YouTube feed at some point. I remember watching something he had about running technique which seemed decent but I feel like I was sceptical about him in general, although this is my default for the YouTube gurus so it's likely not personal as I can't remember anything specific.