Walk to Become a Faster Runner: Jeff Galloway - 2020-12-30

At age 75, legendary coach and Olympian Jeff Galloway is almost
as famous for walking as he is for running. Jeff says his
run-walk-run method of training enables people to run longer and
faster with much less risk of injury, and his half a million
followers agree. 


In this episode, Jeff talks about how he developed his walk/run
technique and how everyone from absolute beginners to the fastest
runners can benefit from it. He also shares with Coach Claire how
he’s getting more steps in while working from home, how runners
can stay motivated during the pandemic, what his Magic Mile is
and how to use it for training, and what he’s doing at age 75 to
ensure he can keep running until age 100 and beyond.


Not only is there a lot to be learned from Jeff in this
interview, but he also has a new book out called Galloway’s
5K/10K Running, Training for Runners & Walkers. The book
describes Jeff’s Run Walk Run method and how it can be used to
reduce aches and pains and fatigue while improving race times. It
includes training plans, easy-to-read advice on medical checkups,
nutrition for runners, fat-burning workouts, choosing the right
running shoes, how to stay motivated, and a race day checklist.
The book is definitely a great tool for runners at any level!


Jeff worked his way from being an average teenage runner to an
Olympian. His book Galloway’s Book on Running is the best selling
running book in North America. He also wrote columns for Runner's
World for 20-plus years, he’s an international running and
fitness speaker, and as a coach, has helped 400,000-plus average
people train for their goals. His Run Walk Run marathon training
program boasts an impressive 98% success rate. 


 


 


Questions Jeff is asked:


 


3:35 At this point in your career, you are almost as famous for
walking as you are for running!  Can you talk about what you
love about walking in general and its benefits for runners?


 


9:09 How would you recommend all of us who are working from home
get more transition time between sitting at our computers and
running and get more steps in? How do we get our work done and
still get in all our steps?


 


10:51 Maybe because we’re all stuck at home and the gyms are
closed, I see more people in my neighborhood than ever out
walking, out running, out doing things, people you’d never see
before. So what advice would you give to someone just starting
out?


 


14:58 Should runners of all levels use walking in their training
and racing? What’s your opinion on intermediate-to-advanced
runners?


 


16:12 I’m a steady runner. I run even splits no matter what, and
in the last marathon that I was in, there was somebody next to me
who was leapfrogging me. And he was running super fast and then
he would walk, and then I’d pass him, and he’d run super fast and
then he would walk. And this is at a sub-three-hour marathon
pace, and so I was just like, “That is pretty impressive to see
someone doing that,” because in order to get to the finish line
in the same time as me, his run section would have to be
significantly faster to make up for the walking. So I thought
that was very interesting.


 


17:32 Is there a proper technique to walking or can you just go
out and walk like you always do?


 


18:43 The walk in the run/walk method is not just a stroll; this
is a walk with purpose?


 


19:42 Let's talk about the Magic Mile. What is so magic about it
and how do you use it for training?


 


22:03 So you just go out, you run a mile as fast as you can, and
then you pop it into a calculator. Is that it for the Magic Mile?


 


23:53 When I use the Magic Mile calculator on your site, my
predicted marathon time is far slower than what I actually could
run for the marathon.  Can you explain this?


 


25:21 My Magic Mile calculator result could just mean that I’m
bad at short distances and better at long distances, right?


 


25:43 In a recent podcast, I asked leaders in the running
community what they did to continue running for life, and I
actually got somebody wanting to know what you do. They asked for
you specifically, so I would love to hear your thoughts on how
you’re going to keep running to 100 and beyond.


 


30:16 A lot of runners and walkers really look forward to having
a race on their calendar, and with 2020 being as crazy as it has
been, not all of us have those races on the calendar. How would
you talk to those people who really get motivated by races when
there aren’t any?


 


33:43 What is next for you?


 


Questions I ask everyone:


 


36:40 If you could go back and talk to yourself when you started
running, what advice would you give?


 


38:57 What is the greatest gift running has given you?


 


39:55 Where can listeners connect with you?


 
Quotes by Jeff:

 


“There are a lot of people that won’t start running unless you
tell them, ‘Well, just walk. Give it a try.’ And then if they’re
interested, I offer them a proven way to add small segments of
jogging or shuffling in a 30-second to 60-second timeframe so
that they gradually introduce the body to the running motion. And
I found that almost anybody can get into running, get all the
benefits, and not have aches and pains if they have the right Run
Walk Run.”


 


“If you want to walk, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with
walking. You honestly are not going to get the brain benefits
that you get even from five seconds of running at a time.”


 


“If runners want to run faster in races, then it’s definitely a
good idea to put the walk breaks in.”


 


“The whole thing about running as you get older is all based on
what your body part can handle that’s getting irritated, and I
call those weak links. We all have weak links and we have to be
attentive to them, and at the first irritation of a weak link,
you back off, you treat it, and you go on.”







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Mentioned in this podcast:

Jeff Galloway | The official site of Run-Walk-Run


jfg@jeffgalloway.com


Book: Galloway's 5K/10K Running, Training for Runners and Walkers


Charge Running


Runners Connect Winner's Circle Facebook Community


RunnersConnect Facebook page


claire@runnersconnect.net


https://www.precisionhydration.com/






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YouTube.com








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