When you mention the word “offseason” to endurance runners, you may see a cringe in their face. The idea of backing off their miles may not sound like such a good idea to many runners out there. For some runners the idea of off-season means instead of running seven days per week, they drop down to five, but deep down still wish they were running seven.
Having run several marathons, which included running Boston in 3 hours, 7 minutes, I feel like I can relate to endurance runners. Like many of you I did not like taking an off-season.