On to 2019: Reviewing your year, part two

There is a danger in over-associating significant single workouts with race-day success. Sometimes, if an athlete completes a powerful, unprecedented workout like, say, 3 x one mile at well under 5K pace or a fantastic marathon-pace run a few weeks before a great race result, it is tempting for that athlete to think that this workout is absolutely essential. In reality, while such a thing should probably be retained, it says little about the overall training pattern.

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