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I'm loving how keen people are to join for a run, even at short notice, whether it be a quick lunchtime jaunt or a leisurely run complete with copious chatting after work - I have rarely been on my own. I can't get over how much I am enjoying this challenge. I even managed to get Jason - Dale's brother - to join us when we were over in Northern Ireland for the weekend. I'm feeling great and have started setting up as many of my runs as possible with friends and Dale (my fiancé). I had forgotten how much I love running! And how beautiful London is. So I put it to the test to see if that was really true. I had the idea that this was probably the sort of running challenge that anyone might give a go, regardless of what fitness level you're starting at. I thought a mile was too little, and a 10k too ambitious, so I opted to run 5k a day for 30 days. It was definitely time that one of my challenges was exercise-related. Now, even the thought of a 5k run sounds daunting. Safe to say, with a full-time job and a 30-day challenge (that focused on everything from going make-up free, to getting up earlier) to commit to every day for a month, back-to-back, I didn't really ever get back into my exercise regime. In August 2015, I started my year of 30-day challenges. I completed this 8 months after the 50k and stopped having a standing desk another month after that, in July 2015. Two terrible things to hear.įor several months I did basically no exercise at all, and then I decided to train for a Sprint Triathlon - 750m swim / 19.8km bike / 5.4km run - as it involved very little running.(!) and focused more on swimming and cycling.

#30 DAY RUNNING CHALLENGE RESULTS PLUS#

I'd had a weak lower back before I took on the 50k, and by the time I completed it, I was left with a 'disc bulge', which meant I was told I couldn't run for a year, plus I had to have a standing desk at work.

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I moved swiftly onto full marathons and peaked with a 50k Ultra marathon. Be sure to fuel up beforehand and recover well afterward, while hydrating throughout the dayĬhris Lee is the athletic performance director and strength trainer for Tinman Elite, NSCA-certified strength and conditioning specialist, NASM-certified corrective exercise specialist, level-1 functional movement specialist, and level-1 certified run gait analyst.What a way to spend the Summer of 2016. Hydrate and fuel appropriately: You are adding a new element into your training, and on some days, you’ll be doing both a run and a strength workout. Perfect practice makes perfect form, and perfect form will prevent injuries. Learn the movements: Take time to pause the video at any point and replay. That also means you might want different weights for different exercises. Heed this advice from Lee to get the most out of the next month of training.Ĭhoose the right weight for each move: On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being extremely easy to lift and 5 being extremely hard), these exercises should feel like a 3. That doesn’t mean the workouts are easy! But it does mean they will fit into your regular training seamlessly.ģ Tips to Crush the 30-Day Cross-Training Challenge: This approach has proven to be effective not only for the Tinman Elite runners, but also for pros such as Laura Thweatt, who placed fifth at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials, and Morgan Pearson, who won the USATF 2019 National Club Cross Country Championship while training for triathlon.Ĭonsistency is key with any type of training, so the goal of these under-20-minute workouts is to keep your regular running high-quality and consistent. Plus, every single workout is just 18 minutes or less.

This means you’ll get better results in less time and decrease your risk of injury overall. The unique program features exercises that are strategically sequenced, in which the first move functions as prep for the next, to increase effectiveness.

Lee based this 30-day cross-training challenge on training systems he uses with his elite athletes.

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A fast runner is also a well-rounded runner, so we teamed up with Chris Lee, the athletic performance director and strength trainer for pro running team Tinman Elite, to create a 30-day cross-training challenge that will make you a better, faster, and more powerful athlete. No matter what level you’re at, we all want to get faster, finish stronger, and shave seconds-or even minutes-off our personal best times.īut just heading to the track to rip sprint intervals isn’t always the best formula. Running the same distances in less time is one of the most addicting aspects of running.

30 day running challenge results