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Has any tried or have opinions about the Easy Interval Method?
@frescosecco and I had a chat yesterday about his experience with #EIM. He's new to it but likes it.
I'm interested as a way to train for half marathons. The attraction is the author's claim that lower mileage but more sub-threshold intervals reduces injuries.
https://easyintervalmethod.com
There's a negative review here, followed by a great deal of pushback:
@MarvinFreeman @frescosecco
Sounds like a variant of the "Norwegian Singles Method". About reducing injuries. That is of course bull crap. I am, for example, more prone to injuries when I run faster. I has something to do with my rickety body.
@Johan_Barelds @MarvinFreeman NSA seems to be a popular and effective training strategy for half-marathons. But then I can't imagine EIM not being effective too, given the similarities.
I think one big difference is that the EIS interval paces are slower. For me, the 1K EIS pace is nearly a minute slower than the NS pace. The NS pace brackets my threshold pace. The #EIS pace is below threshold.
@Johan_Barelds are you skeptical of the "fewer injuries" idea because you feel intervals at any speed are harder on the body?
@MarvinFreeman @Johan_Barelds I guess the 1km is the "workhorse" for both methods. Didn't know that the NS km is faster, interesting. (There's still the 200m and 400m, of course)
@MarvinFreeman @frescosecco Thats correct. If your body is strong enough, no issues ofcourse. But it to easy to say that less distance and more intervals reduce injuries. It is a much more complicated story
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