For cyclists w/a running problem or runners w/a cycling problem! Training questions? Race goals? Race reports? Let’s hear them! Previous years: 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , and 2023 Send me your plans and I’ll update the table below. Race Results Name Month Race Distance Goal Time adene…

[image] adenega: Ok but stretching is snake oil. Never seen any evidence it does anything useful. Evidence 1: What is your first instinct when a muscle is tight? Stretch. Evidence 2: When stretching at night, you generally feel better the next day. Evidence 3: You are running and you calf m…

@eddie the high intensity, low mileage training of the 90’s was the ultimate demise of American distance running. I think you pose an interesting question though: is "running high mileage… what makes them great, or are they great and so they can run high mileage? Certainly genetics is king, and gen…

That’s not evidence. I could just as easily rub dirt on it. Or use a theragun. The question is, does it prevent injury, or help treat it? Or does it cause harm? I can 100% attribute at least one injury to excessive stretching in yoga class.

If my calf is cramping and rub dirt on it… it doesn’t feel better. You said stretching, not excessive stretching. And for what it is worth, most things you do excessively, isn’t good for you.

It might, have you tried? As normal course of business I don’t stretch. If something is wrong, I may do a lot of things. Whether any of them help, I don’t know. When people speak of stretching, it’s typically the regimented kind. You have a routine you follow. And there is no evidence that I have …

[image] adenega: When people speak of stretching, it’s typically the regimented kind. You have a routine you follow. And there is no evidence that I have ever seen that would suggest this is beneficial. I get it… you are an anti-stretcher. For what its worth, I don’t like to do it either. I …

[image] Jolyzara: If you have never felt better after stretching out a tight muscle I don’t know what to say. It can feel better, and it can be damaged by it. I think at most we can only say with confidence that stretching can be good in some situations. [image] adenega: As normal cours…

As mentioned, a lot of the forums are toxic cesspools! Somehow the TR forum has not devolved into a mess over the years. Not a forum, but something I came across recently w/lots of good information: https://runningwritings.com Steve Magness as mentioned by @Jolyzara is good too!

I’ve mentioned it here before, last year and/or this year, that a large group of the triathletes I know only run 3x week. E.g., Tue-Intervals, Th-Intervals or Tempo, Su-Long w/work like 10-20km at MP. These guys all run sub3 marathons come Dec or Jan. The easy runs are all replaced by swims and easy…

The link between more mileage and higher performance doesn’t necessarily tell us that the higher performance is solely based on the higher mileage though. Yes, “high” mileage can work in some scenarios, and is often an important part of the very elite, but again, is the correlation there because tho…

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