🏃♂️Spending more time running easy can lead to faster racing by improving your aerobic capacity.
🌬️Easy running increases capillaries, myoglobin, and mitochondria, optimizing oxygen delivery and energy production in your muscles.
⏰Studies have shown that runners who spend 80% of their training time running easy see a 23% improvement in performance.
📉Running too fast and too hard in training can prevent you from reaching your full potential in racing.
🏆Prioritizing easy runs, especially for longer races, helps build a strong base and improves endurance.