If you can run, be grateful. Not everyone can. Some folks never get the chance. A lot of us have to sit out with an injury. For those of us who can run, it is a tricky balance between stress and rest that allows us to realize our full potential in running and fitness training.
Based on decades of research we have concluded:
1) Effort should vary from Easy to Medium to Hard back to Medium, then Easy then Medium, Hard, Medium, easy, medium, hard, medium, easy. Without Easy days, the Hard Days won't be Hard enough. The mediums are always a transition.
2) Days off are NOT necessary. Even if we take a day off from running, there is another exercise option.
3) Continuous Fitness Training without treatment will cause injury.
