I get a lot of "How's the running?" questions from our readers and friends, and I realized I haven't talked running in months. That's because there isn't a lot to talk about--Southern summers are ridiculous (see here), and most runners just try to maintain through the summer months.
When I do come out of my relative hybernation, though, I look forward to cranking the mileage back up and employing a version of this training program. The program produced a "PR" (runner jargon for personal record) a couple years ago for me, and I'm sure it will again.
As I plug the program into my calendar, I'm once again amazed by technological advance. Some of my older running friends tell me they used to buy books or go to the library to develop training programs in the 1970s and 1980s. Today, I can sit here and Google "Ryan Hall Half-Marathon Training Program," work it around my schedule, and have an elite level training program ready in minutes.
I agree with the comments about summer running in the South. I ran in Atlanta's Peachtree 10K on the 4th of July. It's a true test of your comment to running. I was always suspicion of the fact that the worse stretch, Heartbreak Hill was in front of Peidmont Hospital.
Posted by: Ron | July 06, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Do not forget that you owe us a post on Art DeVany and, in general, the evidence/argument against the benefits of distance running.
Posted by: Zac Gochenour | July 06, 2009 at 10:45 PM
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Posted by: Data recovery | August 11, 2009 at 02:27 AM