When people ask you for a training tip, what do you tell them? Usually something about variation and mixing up training to get the maximum effect. Making hard days hard and easy days easy. Far too many people try to go out and run a personal best every weekend – you need adaptation time for training, and also sufficient rest to make sure your hard sessions
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Do you ever struggle with motivation? Absolutely. There are definitely days when I just
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Do you listen to music
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Do you like a particular running gadget? I absolutely love
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