Comments on: Coach Greg McMillan on training for masters runners http://raceslikeagirl.com/2009/04/28/coach-greg-mcmillan-on-training-for-masters-runners/ Road (and a little track and XC) racing at the masters level. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:44:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: threlkeld http://raceslikeagirl.com/2009/04/28/coach-greg-mcmillan-on-training-for-masters-runners/#comment-1322 Fri, 01 May 2009 19:29:56 +0000 http://raceslikeagirl.com/?p=1871#comment-1322 There’s a fourth group that he didn’t mention:
4) Started late in life, been running several years

I’m in that camp.

I still have trouble with the argument that masters athletes necessarily need more recovery time. And I typically bristle at any suggestion of cross-training as a viable substitute for running. But those are my bugaboos.

]]> By: Andrea http://raceslikeagirl.com/2009/04/28/coach-greg-mcmillan-on-training-for-masters-runners/#comment-1321 Fri, 01 May 2009 19:13:19 +0000 http://raceslikeagirl.com/?p=1871#comment-1321 Great interview. Really interesting thoughts on the different types of middle aged runners:

1) Ran when younger, stopped for 10-20 years, just started again.
2) Just starting now or recently
3) Running all along

I’m in camp 3 (22 years since I started!), BUT never highly competitive nor “realized my potential”, so that’s what I want to do now, at 35.

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