Posted by simon on 3/26/2007 on simon's blogIt's a lot less than you might think, according to legendary Boston area coach Billy Squires. But you have to do enough to break through to a decent level of fitness.
When that happens, you will find yourself running like "a kite in the wind", he says in his book Speed with Endurance, co-written with Bruce Lehane.
To establish fitness, they say: "You have to work your way up to covering six miles per day on average six days a week." Now this will sound like nothing to some people here, and a lot to others. Whatever: it is do-able, isn't it? Squires and Lehane virtually guarantee that if you do this minimum, you will lift yourself beyond the ranks of "recreational running" and be able to produce "lower" levels of performance.
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