Earlier this year, I was in depth in the marathon training, ready for one of the many intermittent runs in the 16 -week project. By Saturday, the novelty of fast running had ended. Fast goals were becoming difficult, and my body was clearly saying, “Woman, a break, woman.”
Finally, after completing the marathon and removing some time, I was ready to equip myself back to the best running shoes. But the last thing I had in my body or mind was sharp.
As a result, I brought me the idea of running slowly. It looks easy, okay? But I noticed that unless I was recovering after the big mileage day, I rarely run away consciously. Whether I’m training for a race, squeezing in a fast race between meetings, or trying to beat last week’s 5K on Strava, I have always chased numbers.
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Which is stupid when you think about it. It is great to kill a purpose, but running is also a form of escape. It doesn’t have to check my watch every two seconds. It can only be about moving at the speed that makes my body feel like and turns away from everything.
What’s going on?
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I did not have a particular slow pace and did not pay attention to my heart rate zone. I just ran at a speed that I could discuss and try to maintain a stable rhythm by the end of the run.
I’m definitely doing a little late in the fast -moving party. In the past six months, I have seen that more and more creators on social media have achieved traction by sharing their experiences as ‘slow runners’. On the Tactic, the search popularity in the term “slow runner” is 139,000. Even more to tell is the rapid rise of relevant hash tags such as “realistic running diaries”, which has recently been seen as interest in searching on Taxotok.
In the urgent need for some less deep training and a follower of self -made trend, I left my project, just running slowly for a fifteen days. What happened here
She forced me to find new routes running
When I train a race, I stay in the same place. Generally, this is one of my local parks where I can lay down without worrying about traffic lights or standing in the session. But when I adopted my lazy runner mantra, I no longer feel the need to avoid hills or unknown routes that could interfere with perfect intervals or packing.
I also know that I have boring in the same place by scoring comfortable runs in which I have been trained for 16 weeks. So, I started searching for the routes I didn’t go before. Surprisingly, he made my runs more pleasant. I survived the Stockholm Syndrome, which I had developed by my regular routes and discovered my local area.
He also gave me time to grow more confidence in the trails. During the marathon blocks, I would refrain from avoiding the fear that this region would keep me behind or waste energy on the hills. Now I am eating the hills for breakfast and really enjoying it.
It improved my relationship with the race
Entering the events and racing comes with many positives, I will struggle to add them all here. With fellow runners, physical and mental development, you feel Kamardi, which comes from chasing a big purpose, and, of course, you get the medal that you have to keep after crossing the finish line.
But racing can also take a toll on the brain and body. A poor training run can knock your confidence, running can start to feel like a job, and if the race day does not go into planning, it is easy to feel disappointing.
When I leaned in my slow phase, I saw that I realized my little adventures at my small pace, smiling and returning from running permanently. I had no fast goals to kill, and if anyone stepped in my way, I was not angry at being slow. I could just keep going. I heard the music or a podcast and enjoyed the easy task of getting out, without pressure slowly around.
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Even during my slow run, I also launched a 10K race, about which I signed up before taking ‘slow running’. For the first time, I did not follow a training plan for a race. I was not careless. I made regular runs, focused on recovery, and ate well, but I didn’t add fast work. On the day of the race, I felt more calm than usual because I was not chasing any particular time. I still pushed myself at that moment, but the pressure was over.
Slow race is going to be a big part of my training from now on
I had to suffer a slow recovery painful boring. I often pushed them forward and accelerated them to move towards hard and more interesting sessions. But this slow -moving trend has changed my point of view. It praised me for the benefits of slowing down, and it shows that I should have done it all. Slow running doesn’t just help recover, it can in fact help you get faster over time.
You may have heard people talking about Zone 2 training. This means keeping your heartbeat within a certain range that improves aerobic endurance without putting your body more burden. An easy way to think about this is running at a speed where you can communicate comfortably.
If you have a heart rate monitor or one of the best heart tracking watches, you can check your zone 2 speeds by making your maximum heart rate a goal of 60 to 70 percent. You can calculate your maximum heart rate by lowering your age by 220. For example, if you are 30 years old, your zone 2 limit will be between 114 and 133 beats per minute.
If you have nothing to monitor heart rate, it is possible to do so. Instead, focus on your breathing. You should be able to speak in full sentences without a halt for the air. If you are struggling to talk, you are probably going very fast.
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