A lot like flying: chasing Colorado Runner points at the Greenland Trail 8-miler

simon — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:41:17 -0600

Who’d have thought that a set of 100-metre repeats would be perfect preparation for a hilly 8-mile trail race?

But that’s the way it turned out. For the first time since cross-country days in England, I found myself flying past people on the downhill stretches of the Greenland Trail race – and there were a lot of them.

Sub 5-Minute-Mile Training

rlappi — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:10:42 -0600

http://www.yourrunning.com/forum-where_eagles_dare

Flexibility, coach Bobby McGee declares, will be perhaps the deciding factor in how fast we go. We don’t need the supra-normal range of motion of gymnasts and martial artists, but we do need enough freedom and suppleness to be able to move our legs at 4:40 per mile pace, and we have to have arms, shoulders, backs and hips that don’t slow us up by their stiffness and lack of mobility. This special type of speed and mobility training is also designed to allow us to train at target speed without getting injured.

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A lot like flying: chasing Colorado Runner points at the Greenland Trail 8-miler

Sub 5-Minute-Mile Training