Emil Zatopek Quotes

I believe you'll develop speed via strength work which includes hill running, either repeats, or running hilly courses as the Kenyans do on a steady basis.

You must be fast enough - you must have endurance. So you run fast for speed and repeat it many times for endurance.

Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed.

Twice a week I'll run fast quality workouts either on the track or road.

I can run a good few miles. I box a little.

Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

You have to run 75 to 100 miles a week if you expect to break the four-minute mile.

I was playing a defensive guard in 'My All American' who is a really fast runner, so a lot of my training was running. I wasn't too worried about bulking up because he was supposed to be on the small side.

I run year-round and then ramp up my training for a race a few months before.

I do interval training, high intensity dance, and yoga. I do run a lot, but more for speed.

You learn to run like a sprinter, you'll be a great distance runner

Most of the time I meet my trainer at the gym and we do a lot of everything: weights circuit with cardio, football drills, sprinting with weights on the treadmill.

At least for soccer players, it comes down to a blend of two types of fitness - your base endurance, which comes from longer distance running, and your speed, which comes from sprint-based workouts.

They trained mostly by time periods, checking their pace for known distance only on special occasions.

I am basically turning football players into sprinters for a while. When we first talked about it, I didn't know how my expertise could be used.

Even for runners who never make the transition to more sophisticated workouts, easing into speedwork will lead to more enjoyable running.

I do a lot of a cross training.

We do the majority of what most athletes do. For example, as a badminton player, you have to be able to run a long distance and sprint. We do weights three times a week.

Long runs improve your endurance but shorter intervals improve your speed. They are mutually beneficial for a distance runner. If you do 5k runs it will help your marathon.

If I am running 100 yards, I should be cut. Because then I am getting beat. I do not need to be doing that. I need to be running 20, 30, 40 yards as fast as I can over and over and over at optimal energy and efficiency and speed.

I have to improve on my speed endurance, and I am working on it.

A lot of the people I know, they don't train like that. They do a lot of quick stuff, just speed drills. But I run long distance. I've always been like that, though, even when I was in high school. That's just how I train myself.

I used to run 800 metres for the school.

I've stayed sharp, basically through football workouts. I cater those workouts to track-specific things, so I don't lose the rhythm I've always had to keep football and track in balance.

An example of my average week would be the gym on Monday; Tuesday will be a technical session. I practice running and high jump on Thursday and then have another technical session at the weekend.