There's not much glory in the easy run. In a sport that's all about time and distance, it's easy to perceive easy runs as something less than heroic. But nothing's further from the truth. The easy run is the foundation of our training programs, the essential endurance element that lets us run fast on our more challenging runs. In his weekly running column last week, Joe Henderson reminds us that the easy run deserves more credit in the training pantheon.
Easy runs are the twine that binds together the hard runs.
Easy is how you run while making plans to do something big. It is as important to get down to the little runs as to get up for the big ones, and maybe more so because the easy ones come around so much more often. For more, read the full article . Taper tips After all the work, all the miles, all the anticipation, it sometimes seems that the hardest thing about training for the marathon is the last two weeks, the time when you do almost nothing. After you've trained your legs to carry you miles and miles, the taper gives them a needed break, to rest for two weeks so that they will be fresh for The Big Event.