RUNNERS WORLD RUN LESS RUN FASTER

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Keefy Beefy
Keefy Beefy
Jun 2010
1:11pm, 4 Jun 2010
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Keefy Beefy
Lunaman followed a FIRST schedule and PB'd in the marathon.
SPR™
SPR™
Jun 2010
1:13pm, 4 Jun 2010
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SPR™
Do you need a book to just go out and enjoy running?
Boab
Boab
Jun 2010
1:26pm, 4 Jun 2010
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Boab
With all due respect the Lunaman, and it was a cracking PB, his marathon WAVA is still way short of him 5 and 10K WAVA scores from last year. I suspect his PB before Shakespeare was a little soft in comparison.

First method of training is probably superb for injury prevention, a bit like triathlon due to the varied form of activity, but from a marathon training schedule perspective, I suspect it falls way short of the mark.

Mr Fetch himself was posting on another thread recently about mileage and marathon PB and guess what? The more miles you ran the lower your marathon PB was, in general of course :)
GregP
GregP
Jun 2010
1:28pm, 4 Jun 2010
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GregP
I marathon PB's this year off the Higdon plan which certainly is a FIRST plan by another name, but I'm an over-45 triathlete so it was perfect for me - not, I suspect, for the Fetchie on the Clapham omnibus.
GregP
GregP
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1:29pm, 4 Jun 2010
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GregP
And, to complete following up on Boab's post, my marathon PB was (and is) way soft - because I always blow up after 20 miles - because, arguably, my mileage base is too low.
R4R
R4R
Jun 2010
1:30pm, 4 Jun 2010
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R4R
If he was a Fetchie, he shouldn't be on the Clapham omnibus.
He should be out running.
Or in Boston
FitterStu
FitterStu
Jun 2010
1:31pm, 4 Jun 2010
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FitterStu
Running alongside the Clapham omnibus.
GregP
GregP
Jun 2010
1:32pm, 4 Jun 2010
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GregP
Why is the Clapham omnibus in Boston? And where's Boab gone?
eL Bee!
eL Bee!
Jun 2010
1:36pm, 4 Jun 2010
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eL Bee!
Boab's having a lie down after his Serious Post Shocker ;)
Binks
Binks
Jun 2010
1:40pm, 4 Jun 2010
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Binks
why on earth would you want to run less?

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Cut and paste from a review on Amazon:
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The book is for anyone who wants to improve their running performance and is divided into 4 sections. The first section explains the FIRST approach, where a "3 plus 2" format is the foundation. This means you have 3 quality runs each week and 2 cross training workouts.

The second section is how to follow the program. Briefly, one day is a cross training day, then a "track repeats" day, then a cross training day, then a "tempo run" day, a day of rest, a "long run" day, and then either another rest day/or optional cross training day. Cross training days include activities such as cycling or swimming.

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