The Why and How to Increase Your Mileage Safely

For many runners, increasing their mileage is a goal that's difficult to do when gearing up for a race due to the need to focus on workouts and all that goes into proper race specific training. Thus, the time between races is an awesome opportunity to work on increasing your mileage. Today, we're joined by Ryan Warrenburg, one of the coaches at On Zap Endurance, an elite marathon group based in North Carolina. He's an expert in aerobic development for runners of all ages and ability levels, so today he's going to talk with you about… The benefits of increasing your mileage and why it's the biggest limiter for most adult runners. How to increase your mileage safely and effectively and reap the benefits. Plus tips and tricks to make running more miles easier. Connect, Comment, Community Follow RunnersConnect on Instagram Join the Elite Treatment where you get first dibs on everything RTTT each month! Runners Connect Winner's Circle Facebook Community RunnersConnect Facebook page GET EXPERT COACHING AT RUNNERSCONNECT! This week's show brought to you by: TIMELINE Improving your mitochondria is one of the easiest ways to upgrade your performance and make your body work better. Time-line Nutrition's Mitopure is backed by over a decade of research and is clinically proven to revitalize mitochondria. Mitopure restores mitochondrial function, so every cell in your body has the energy to do its job and keep you healthy and functioning right. In fact, clinical studies have shown that 500mg of Urolithin, one of the main ingredients in Mitopure, can significantly increase muscle strength & endurance with no other change in lifestyle. Improving your mitochondria is one of the best things you can do for your health and with Mitopure from time-line nutrition, it has never been easier. Go to timelinenutrition.com and use promo code RUNNERSCONNECT for 10% off the plan of your choice. Magnesium Breakthrough from Bioptimizers. Supplementing with magnesium before you go to bed has been shown in scientific studies to… Increase in muscle oxygenation during high intensity exercise Reduce inflammation Significantly improve sleep quality Improve aerobic exercise capacity when training. When you're looking for a magnesium supplement, make sure you take one that is organic and has all 7 unique forms of magnesium. Our recommendation is Magnesium Breakthrough from Bioptimizers because it's made with the highest quality, organic magnesium and contains all 7 critical forms. Most other magnesium supplements are synthetic and only contain one or two forms of magnesium, which is simply not enough. For an exclusive offer for Run to the Top listeners go to magbreakthrough.com/runtothetop and use the code run10 and you'll save an additional 10% on any purchase.