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Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by nradov on Thursday June 23, 2022 @09:15PM (#31856894)
There's distance and then there's distance. You can be a serious endurance athlete but focus on shorter races, with judicious use of low-impact cross training to reduce the risk of injuries while still building an aerobic base.
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Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by RajT88 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @10:01PM (#31857093)
I only have done a few marathon or longer races. When I was running regularly I would do 25-30 miles a week.

It is doing that for decades which messes you up eventually.

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Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by nradov on Friday June 24, 2022 @09:44AM (#31861689)
It really depends on running form and individual physiology. Some runners are more resilient than others, and using good technique makes a major difference in injury risk.

But my point is that you can run reasonably fast in races with fairly low running mileage. Do most of the base and tempo workouts cross training on an elliptical machine or something, and save the running for interval workouts.

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Re:As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick by RajT88 on Monday June 27, 2022 @02:12AM (#31891139)
> It really depends on running form and individual physiology

True enough. I too have read "Born to Run", and would suggest that most modern humans aren't adapted to it (certain populations certainly, but most not). Although I have hit reasonably good times, I don't count myself among that population. In high school and in my 30's, I certainly was in the 90th percentile of runners, just by the numbers. Individual races, definitely higher. I love to look at the form and economy of top tier runners, and frankly, I'm not built like that; I could never perform like that. I'm bound to break down eventually, and I'm pretty good at running.

> on an elliptical machine or something

This is not running. This is training for running by not-running. Dress it up how you like, but it's how people like me save the damaging work for races.

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