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Out-and-Back Routes Are Better Than Loops for Long Runs. Prove Me Wrong. | Runner's World (www.runnersworld.com)

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[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Confession: In my decade of distance running, I’ve never done a long run on any route but an out-and-back.

Imagine getting paid to write opinion pieces about why X is better than Y, when you've never even tried Y.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 7 hours ago

It sounds like they've done loops over shorter distances, at least. Just not their long run.

I dunno how they define long run, but for me that means roughly >14 km, because outside of my current 5 km every day challenge, my standard run tends to be 10–12 km, sometimes peaking a little closer to 14. And it's very easy even with my current short runs to find loops I can run.

(Now...I've been putting off today's 5k for the last 90 minutes...time to head out and do my run. 😅 I think I'll do a loop today.)