Whatever your running goals for this year, endurance fitness is the basic foundation for all race distances from 5K to ultra marathons. So, whether you’re building up to a new race distance, or you’re looking to concentrate on getting a new 5K PB, devoting a bit of time to building your endurance base will make a big difference.
Endurance training might sound technical, but what we’re basically referring to is your easy and long runs. The runs where you’re going at a comfortable pace and would be able to hold a conversation if you were running with a friend.
Many runners are guilty of doing their easy and long runs too fast, thinking that if running slow is good training, running faster must be better. But this isn’t the case. There are certain benefits to running in your endurance training zone. These include increased capillary density (to get oxygen to your muscles more easily) increased glycogen storage (so you can put all that carb loading to use on race day), and it makes your body better at using fat over glycogen for fuel.
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