Long Run Struggles For Beginners (Part 1 of 4)

I get readers that email me this question quite often:

"I struggle with my long runs during my half marathon training. What am I doing wrong?"

Is there an easy answer to this question? No. "If it was easy, everybody would do it." That doesn't help does it? So, why do beginner runners struggle with long runs during a half marathon training cycle? First and foremost, almost all new runners that are training for their first half marathon will struggle with long runs, some more than others. Most first-time long distance runners go into training thinking that they have to perfectly run a designated amount of miles per their training schedule and not mess up on any long runs. Both are false assumptions. Of course,....READ MORE

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Scott O. Morton