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4HIS EXCELLENT TRAINING SYSTEM IS NOT AS POPULAR AS IT SHOULD BE MOSTLY
DUE TO ITS ALMOST QUAINTLY VULGAR NAME ) AM INFORMED THAT IT IS 3WEDISH FOR

hSPEED PLAYv WHICH IS HOW IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER INTRODUCED TO GAIN
RESPECTABILITY

)T EMPLOYS VARIED PACE RUNNING !N EASY EXAMPLE IS THE WIDELY USED
FOOTBALL TRAINING DRILL IN WHICH THE SQUAD RUN AT AN EASY PACE BUT THE BACK
MARKER OR MARKERS MUST ALWAYS SPRINT TO THE FRONT OF THE SQUAD &ARTLEK

CAN BE STRUCTURED BEFOREHAND TO BE RUN IN A FORMAL PATTERN OF INTERVALS
OF JOGGING HARD RUNNING AND WALKING OR JUST FEEL FREE TO DO AS YOU PLEASE
WHILE OUT RUNNING ALONE OR WITH FRIENDS !S WITH YOUR CONTINUOUS RUNS AIM

FOR A MINUTE SESSION

3URFACES

)F YOU ARE JUST STARTING OUT LOOK FOR PARKLAND WITH lRM GRASS OR SANDY
PATHS AS USER FRIENDLY SURFACES )F YOU HAVE OR HAVE HAD KNEE PROBLEMS

THESE ARE DElNITELY THE SURFACES FOR YOU AT LEAST INITIALLY 3ANDY BEACHES LOOK
INVITING AND HAVE AN INVITING ENVIRONMENT BUT ARE ONLY GOOD IF THEY HAVE
HARD PACKED SAND SOFT SAND PULLS HARD ON THE !CHILLES TENDON 4HE WORST

SURFACE UNFORTUNATELY IS THE MOST COMMON AND MOST AVAILABLE PAVEMENT
7HILE hROADWORKv IS THE TERM OFTEN APPLIED TO THE RUNNING ASPECT OF BOXING
TRAINING IF YOU HAVE NOT RUN DISTANCE BEFORE OR HAVE NOT BEEN RUNNING

RECENTLY YOU MAY DO WELL TO SEEK AN ALTERNATIVE KINDER SURFACE THAN A
STONE PAVEMENT 3EASONED RUNNERS SIMPLY GET USED TO PAVEMENT RUNNING
AND LEARN TO ADAPT USUALLY FROM NECESSITY )F YOU LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE THEY
HAVE TARMAC PAVEMENTS OR THE CABLE LAYERS HAVE UNINTENTIONALLY RECENTLY

LEFT A READY MADE SOFT TARMAC PATH COUNT YOURSELF FORTUNATE TARMAC IS
A GREAT SURFACE TO RUN ON ) WOULD ADVISE AGAINST RUNNING DISTANCES ON

ASTROTURF !N OSTEOPATH INFORMED ME THAT 'OD INVENTED ASTROTURF TO HELP
HIS PROFESSION PROSPER IT CAN PLAY HAVOC WITH HAMSTRINGS IN PARTICULAR