A perfect run has nothing to do with distance. It's when your stride feels comfortable.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I used to think that it didn't make any difference how far you ran if you had a good, strong musculoskeletal system and no underlying cardiovascular problems.
When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
Many run primarily for the exercise, but others run to condition themselves for well-publicized races of various distances.
When you have good runners, you always run fast. That's the motivation for me. But I have room to improve in my technique and in the start.
The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little defeat.
I am never out there just jogging for the heck of it. I never do that. I start to run with a goal in mind, whether it's a certain time or certain distance or a specific heart-rate goal, and then I am done.
People are so easily impressed by running, but I run pretty frequently.
Even for runners who never make the transition to more sophisticated workouts, easing into speedwork will lead to more enjoyable running.
Running gives you a great opportunity to work stuff out in your head.
A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.