Strides: The 10 Most Important Minutes of Your Week (VIDEO)

I have been assuming that most runners include post-run strides as part of their training week. Turns out I was wrong about that!

 

So, in the interest of getting more people to regularly include strides in their training, I want to talk about the why, the when, and the how.

 

It’s a really important piece of the training puzzle, and fortunately it’s incredibly efficient. You can get a ton of benefit from 10 minutes or less per week.

 

Check it out and let me know your thoughts.

 

If you want to go more in-depth, here is the article that I reference in the video that I wrote for Running Times on the benefits of max speed training for distance runners.

 

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