212. The 20 mile Long Run
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HOW LONG SHOULD YOUR LONG RUNS BE:THE 20 MILE LONG RUN RULE
Everyone who has trained for a marathon has probably googled ‘marathon training plan’ at some point. Most of the plans you find on google are going to encompass a ‘20 mile long run’. But do you need to do a 20 mile long run to finish a marathon? Or a better question might be: could doing a 20 mile long run actually have less benefit than doing a 16 miler? We are going to do a deep dive into what the research of Jack Daniel’s an exercise physiologist says about long runs. There are many guidelines he has for long runs…
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