Long Slow Distance

According to a widely used running philosophy, long slow distance or “LSD”, is essential for aerobic base building and, thus, for improving marathon performance. While I obviously do not have a counterfactual non-LSD Rasmus to compare with, I am still impressed by the progress that I have seen over the last year. As such, I have been eager to find as much time as I can for these kinds of long runs but understandably neither my professional nor family life looks kindly on running for three hours straight...

As the skies cleared this Friday morning, I was finally able to squeeze in my first half marathon since Marrakech, running 23 km along the river to Älvtåets Gröna and back.