I have no problem putting on a kit, carrying a big sniper rifle, and running a few thousand meters.
No, I don't run all the way. I'm not like an Olympic class runner.
I used to think that it didn't make any difference how far you ran if you had a good, strong musculoskeletal system and no underlying cardiovascular problems.
Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day or multiple returns there per week. Neither of us minds repeating ourselves. This is what runners do.
I had 1,000 yards when I played on plantar fasciitis before.
I run a lot. I have this five-mile run that I try and do a few times a week. If I do more, I get shin splints and it drives me mad, so I have to balance it.
I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, supplementary to this, running as many easy miles as I could
The single biggest change in middle-distance running, from the 1500 metres to 10,000 metres, has been the track surface.
Coaches will say that it's not important for their team to run more, and they prefer to make games the right way. I want to make games only the right way and run 10 km more.
I have to just get up early and make sure I run. I'll do 40 minutes, four miles. It's not easy, but it clears my head.
We don't need to run 5-6 kms, even in a Test match.
I have been doing 120 miles a week, when normally I would do about 140.
I live in California, so I do stand-up paddle board, which is a killer workout. I also run, about four miles every three days.
For 6 days a week I aim to get in between 18-23 miles.
As an adult, I had to accept that I was not a natural distance runner. Anything more than about 400 metres had me gasping and wheezing like a broken accordion.
I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.
In athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the endurance.
Now I say that if you run more than 15 miles a week, it's for something other than aerobic fitness. Once you pass 15 miles, you do not see much further improvement.
You have to run 75 to 100 miles a week if you expect to break the four-minute mile.
Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder.
