Today s runner is outfitted with 9 ounce, dainty, lavender and pink sock racers that belong in the trash bucket. Every runner and his dog has a coach and personalized training program including intervals, fartlek, hills, long distance and tempo runs. All you need do is get your ass out the door and run. If your partner is ahead of you up the pace to catch him, this generates the speed work you need and brings you home faster to get into the beer. That s what you have been running for.
Cross training is for the birds.
Bicycles should be used for transportation or touring and swimming pools should only be used to cool off after a long run. There is absolutely no physical benefit that cycling or swimming can offer the runner, they are a waste of time. Triathletes are proven failures as runners, in fact they are amateur cop-out artists that can t do any one of the three sports well. Stationary bikes, rowing machines, weight training and aqua running are also useless training techniques. They are ruining the sport.