Running Is Life Podcast · Coach Aaron Saft

Is there a right way to train? Episode 255

·40 min·2 clips
Coach Aaron Saft explores whether there is a 'right' way to train for endurance events, using the Norwegian training system as a lens to discuss high-volume versus high-intensity approaches, lactate threshold work, and how athletes with time or injury constraints can adapt. He also critiques common training dogmas like the 10% mileage rule and three-weeks-up-one-week-down periodisation, and closes with candid reviews of two expensive trail shoes—the Adidas Terrex Agravic and Hoka Tecton 3—both of which he found dangerously unstable given his weak ankle. Nutrition product testing, upcoming gear trials, and a reflection on five years of podcasting round out the episode.

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A practical look at when training structure helps, and when it just adds fatigue.

Aaron Saft treats training as a matter of fit, not doctrine. He asks whether intervals belong in a routine at all, then suggests that marathon, ultra, and 5K prep may call for different choices depending on the goal and, in some cases, the time target.

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Wondering if your training should be harder, or just better aimed?

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