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Improving your long runs

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Going the distance World Marathon Championship in London in 2017,  Picture Sebastien Locteau After Dublin marathon, most coaches review there athletes plans. In 2012, Barbara Sanchez finished 9th and second at the Irish championship in the Dublin Marathon, James Doran Winning the Kerry cross country championship, and my Swimmer Sarah Kelly after the European championship had to improve their weekly long run. Or if you are like me, a occasional runner, improving your long runs is one of the base session to work on and certainly more important than speed work. So this is what I did at the time and still using it with the same success since 2017 and after 10 years still relevant. What distance are you training for?  On road, cross country, Mountain running ? What is your current training volume?  How many sessions do practice every week? What are your goals :  time & distance My suggestions for an improving athlete would be three sessions a week: Ru