Running coach Jeff Galloway a former Olympian teaches a marathon training protocol that has a counterintuitive component to it New and experienced marathoners are often surprised to learn that he advocates a ldquo run walk rdquo strategy alternating running for a set number of minutes with short periods of walking The premise behind his approach is that the brief interludes of walking enable the body to recuperate briefly equipping runners to finish their races faster than if they had run all miles straight through The importance of intervals of rest isn rsquo t limited to running Rest helps us sustain
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