"Strides" - The what, why, when and how 

Thanks buddy 😊

schuletrip awesome! That’s some great timing. I basically sit at my desk with spyware waiting for people to tap on keywords then I flood them with my content. So the plan is working 😂 this is, of course, completely untrue. But welcome to the channel anyway!! 👍🏻 hope the content helps

This Messy Happy 😆 Well, Britain can be a bit Orwellian but I welcome the “stride” information. Just off out for my Long Easy run. It’s been far too windy this weekend and I’ve been putting it off. But I have an urge to run, to listen to the sounds, the birds, the trees and to smell the fields (trail running) It’s almost like some sort of mindfulness that I naturally do. I just have to forget how quick or how much better I used to be and run according to my own current circumstances. I’ll be tuning into more of your channel. Thanks!

Ha ha gotta love going in to the upside down 🤢😂

Gave me a run...

I probably should have explained it sooner then 😂 sorry buddy 🤦🏻‍♂️

Nice. I’m not too far off of that either. Bit more base but then I’ll sprinkle some speed on top 😉

Got chased by a dog so not a great session 🤦🏼‍♀️

Great for building speed though 😂

I would say only after easy base runs 👍🏻

Hi Guillaume, my opinion (and remember it’s just an opinion) is that if you do strides within a run it essentially turns it in to a kind of interval session so you’re only getting half of the benefits of both. Easy runs must stay easy for you to get the full aerobic benefit and strides must be done as stand alone drills to get the best quality form them. Otherwise it’s all a bit mixed up. I wouldn’t do them together to be honest. It’s different if you’re actually doing fartlek or interval training though.

@@ThisMessyHappy you're probably right, I did one of these sessions yesterday and it wasn't really an easy run anymore, because my heart rate went too high several times. Thanks !

i do them the last mile of an easy run when im about done

This is how I understand it. Stride repeats seems to be a Garmin thing.

Yes it sounds like strides are just used as part of the warmup efforts in this session. Perhaps just to wake the legs up before the hard efforts 😊

@@ThisMessyHappy THANK YOU! I've been binging so many of your videos in preparation for my training for my first marathon!

Yes I would think so. It’s a good way to safely introduce your body to speed without overdoing it.

I actually think there’s a place for them both, Danny. Fartlek as one of your interval sessions and strides after some of your easy base sessions 👍🏻

I get the gist and difference of them now.. During =F. Post =S

Nailed it

Who is ‘he’ the cats father? 😉😂

@@ThisMessyHappy Sorry, I should have said Mr Happy 🙂

Ha ha it’s all good. I’m only playing 😊 happy new year to you 🤟🏼

@@ThisMessyHappy All good, I knew you were joking. From your videos, you seem like a top bloke.

(high school coach kids not my actual kids)