46 | Debating Running Dogmas with Sara Manderscheid (@sayrahrunshappy)

While there are many different ways to train, there are a bunch of "running rules" that are widely held as gospel. Concepts like following strict-polarized training (i.e., take your easy days easy and your hard days hard) and the utmost importance of the long run for marathoners are widely promoted as "the right way to train" to train.  Are these dogmas 100% true? Or is the best way to train actually more grey than it is black and white? In today's episode, coaches Chris Knighton and Sara Manderscheid debate these running dogmas and set the message straight.

Some of the "best ways to train" concepts we discuss:

1. Running all your runs super hard help you get PR's?

2. Consistency will yield results?

3. I'm not a "real runner" unless...?

4. Running to target paces is better than running by feel?

5. You have to run a 20 miler before doing a marathon?


About Our Guest

Sara is an endurance athlete, a run coach, podcast host, and a Boston Qualifying runner from Boulder, Colorado. She’s been running for 15 years and ran her first marathon in a Boston Qualifying time in 2019.

Sara started her own coaching company, Elevate Your Running, at the start of the pandemic and helps committed athletes fill their cups while discovering their true athletic potential. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter at @sayrahrunshappy and @elevateyourrunning.

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