Finishing Strong On Easy Runs (Read 967 times)

I think for me, hitting it hard twice a week for me on my "low miles" is too much which led to my hamstring tendonitis. My focus this summer/Fall now that I am pretty much healed is to do one key work out and finish my long run at a faster pace (if feeling good). All other runs are comfortable with some striders toward end of run or sometimes I will throw them in throughout run for variety. i.e. 8-10 3K-5K paced 100M striders spread out over last 3-5 miles. It breaks up the monotony of a 4-6 mile training run yet doesn't break you down. As Jim mentioned, hit your hard days hard and recovery on all the other days without real fast finishs of length.