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Everyday, runners seek instant improvement and subscribe to get-fit-quick approaches to training that guarantee they’ll be in the best shape of their life in 10 weeks or less. Sorry folks, but it just doesn’t work that way in distance running.

— Alberto Salazar

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If you learn to run like a sprinter, you’ll be a great distance runner.

You’ve got to have the mental toughness and confidence in yourself where you believe that you can take those days off and you can recovery and you can run great.

You won’t get burned out [by doing speed work through the year; you will get burned out if you are running all out as fast as you can [frequently]

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