LESS IS MORE
Who wouldn’t want to clock faster runs with less effort? ‘Cut down the miles, run better times!’ might sound like the kind of hollow spam-email promise you’d immediately block and report. However (with some disclaimers), it is actually possible: just use your limited runs wisely, treat other sports as complimentary training, and you can genuinely surprise yourself.
When Beth Potter ran an astonishing 14:41 5k last year, much was made of the fact that she only runs around 30 miles a week – incredibly low for an elite athlete. Ditto middledistance star Elliot Giles, who runs sub-four-minute miles off just 20 miles a week. But these two have one key thing in common: they may not run that much, but they do a huge amount of other cardiovascular work. In Potter’s case, as a professional triathlete, she spends hours on the bike
