How To Run Faster Than 98% Of People

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Ok, I understand now. I should bring a helium balloon to any group run. For the giggles.

Brad, with the exception of the height, it's fantastically motivating to see some that reminds me of myself in a running video. Thank you 👍

Like the script/format for the video. More entertaining and still educational. Excellent stuff folks.

I started rowing (3-5 times weekly) and eventually built up enough endurance to run again. At my age, a lower intensity exercise was necessary to get me back in shape.

Always the best quality training info on the inter webs. Great video and well planned, clearly you guys put in the foundational work to make it great 🙏🏽

Thanks, I've never really done any proper running to be honest. But this has been very educational and I kinda wanna take up running now 😂

As someone who's starting to regularly run marathons, my 5k times suffer because of a lack of speedwork. My current 5k is about 23:20, and if I don't open up during the week, it just tanks. My fastest I ever got was a 14:06 2 mile roughly 16 years ago when I was 20 after lots of treadmill interval work for just 3 weeks. We'd do a lot of 60/120's, 60 seconds of strides, 120 seconds recovery when I was in the Army. Why its not distances like 100m, 200m, etc. is because you just don't always have access to a track or a good location to run loops. Those had a huge impact on my 2 mile time.

Lean forward nearly falling over, lift your knees and do not stop running. Zoooommmmmmmmm!

This is some very good advice and for sure, aerobic training is essential and consistently running longer will ensure you run a faster endurance event. However, if you want to run at a much higher level, smash PB's, etc, you need to incorporate speed-work, tempo runs, progressive runs, etc. Your body simply cannot tolerate running at higher paces for longer without your body being exposed to that stimulus on a consistent basis. I say this because if you're motivated to run endurance, eventually you'll probably want to keep improving. Running at an aerobic pace, doing longer easy-pace runs will get you so far, but you'll be disappointed if you think doing this only will help you run a PB, or especially, run a sub-90 for the half-marathon (for example). But getting back to the point of the video, reiterating again that aerobic training and running longer are definitely key elements to running a faster endurance event (compared to if you only focused on running 'fast' all the time or kept distances in training to a minimum).

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Frankly, my approach to any running, any distance is to use as low a mileage as possible.

Anyone else feel like they can listen to this great guy all day long? 😁

Huge respect for not laughing when you did the helium take :D (or was that take number 37?)

how much endurance base miles per week if your training for the 1.5 mile run?

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This is so difficult for me. As a slower runner, who takes every winter very easy and basically starts over in the spring, and can only run 3-4 x a week, it’s nearly impossible to get my mileage up. By the fall, I’m in great shape though still over 10 minutes a mile (trail), but happy with where I’m at. I’ve started working on speed early this year in an attempt to increase the mileage I can fit in each week. Any tips on this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Would breathing exercise devices such as those used by people with asthma help runners develop their lungs? Would learning how to play a wind instrument help?

Funnily enough I've always had hyper mobility in my big toes. I can put them completely vertically while keeping the other toes on the ground (on my right foot I can even curl them). Up until now it's always been rather annoying since it makes my toe nail rub the top of my shoes, which ruins most soft top shoes after 6-12 months. But now I can say that I have a genetic advantage for running 👍😂

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