Elite boxers run long distance. Why?

lefty · Dec 7, 2010

Primate said: ↑

I didn't really mean it like that.
I don't mean you should do whatever is comfortable, I mean you should bust your arse in the way you find benefits you the most.
As long as you're working hard, you'll get results.
I don't like longer distances because running that far more than once or twice a week becomes a chore for me, and it can be pretty rough on my knees. Ditto with sprints, I don't enjoy doing them and I find they leave me dead for work during the day or training that night, the cost to benefit ratio is too high. If I want to boost my training before an event I'll add some short sprints on the end of my regular runs or replace an interval day with a hill sprint session, but they're not something I do every week.
Interval running for me has the best cost to benefit ratio, I feel the best for the amount of effort I put in, and I can still go to work that day or train that night with little to no negative effects.
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Fair enough. I'm with you on the intervals, definitely the most bang for your buck :good

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Elite boxers run long distance. Why?

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