Ep. 39 - Training Age 101: Train Smarter

This week's episode of The Sunday Shakeout features a practical guide to training age for distance runners. Training age is something that many runners either overlook or don't have a great idea about. Training age mainly relates to the cumulative amount of years of training and racing that you have had in the sport of long-distance running, your experience. it also refers to things like lifestyle and background prior to distance running. Now why should you care about that? Believe it or not, your experience in the sport plays a major role in what type of training you should be doing, as well as what races you should be in. Today, I talk about that and so much more. I hope you enjoy this episode of The Sunday Shakeout! In this episode, I talk about: What training age is The effect of training age of workouts The effect of training age on racing And more Thank you Feedspot! Feedspot is a brand monitoring and ranking online resources like podcasts and forums using a competitive intelligence solution that provides insightful information so that people can best know what to watch and listen to. They reached out to me and congratulated me on the fact that The Sunday Shakeout has been selected by their panelist as one of the ⁠Top 25 Running Podcasts for Beginners!⁠ Thank you Feedspot so much! I am overjoyed that The Sunday Shakeout has already made it to places that I didn't think were ever possible. It's all thanks to you guys, the listeners. Week after week, I make these episodes for the greater good in the running community and you guys give me the support, drive and motivation to continue doing so. Thank you all so much for the support and I can't wait to see what is next for The Sunday Shakeout. Contact Nicholas: [email protected] Thank you so much to all of my listeners for the support!