The 180 formula that saved my running career
"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got." - Henry Ford
It's Monday morning 5am and I'm down at the CrossFit gym doing my warm-up. Just an easy spin on the stationary bike and some floor exercises. I sit down on the bench and this warm flush comes over me, I get light headed and start to sweat profusely, then the all too familiar chest pain comes on...
A quick procedure in the hospital and I was ok. I had doged the bullet, but something was wrong. I might have to quit running.
I sat down and took a hard look at what how I'd been living and training for the past 10 years.
I had been following all the standard advice for us runners, run hard to get better, eat lots of carbs for fuel and lift weights to stay strong. But, I was constantly plagued with injuries and no matter how hard I trained, I couldn't lose that last extra 10 pounds around my waist.
Then I picked up Dr. Phil Maffetone's book, "The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing", and everything changed.
I was totally amazed that I could actually get faster, by running slower!
That was 10 years ago, and in this article, I'll explain his 180 formula and how it can make your running better and 3 common mistakes older runners make.
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YouTube video of the week
How Zone 2 Makes You Faster - Watch this video to gain more insights of the benefits of slow running for us older runners.
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