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Re: Improving running efficiency...

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  1. Ignoramus19386 said:

    Are there some quick ways (other that simply running a lot) to learn
    to spend less energy per minute, given same speed? E.g. trying to hold
    upper body on same level, or something along these lines?

    i

    Someone once asked a Tour de France winner what the three keys to
    riding faster were.

    His answer: "Ride a bike, ride a bike, ride a bike."

    Run.

    Mike Tennent
    "IronPenguin"

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    TBR

    Mike Tennent said:
    Ignoramus19386 said:

    Are there some quick ways (other that simply running a lot) to learn
    to spend less energy per minute, given same speed? E.g. trying to hold
    upper body on same level, or something along these lines?

    i

    Someone once asked a Tour de France winner what the three keys to
    riding faster were.

    His answer: "Ride a bike, ride a bike, ride a bike."

    Run.

    Mike Tennent
    "IronPenguin"

  3. Mike Tennent said:

    Someone once asked a Tour de France winner what the three keys to
    riding faster were.

    His answer: "Ride a bike, ride a bike, ride a bike."

    Run.

    That's just a plagarized version of what Eddy Merckx (the greatest cyclist
    of all time) said back in the 1960's.

    When asked what his secret to winning races was, Eddy simply said:

    "Ride lots".

    Regards,
    H.

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