Megan’s Reviews > 80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower > Status Update

Quiescence of the brain through less use/ease of running/endurance

Brain training the acc. Long runs at low intensity. Helps brain to resist fatigue.

“We already know that inducing fatigue in the body through exercise triggers adaptations that make the body more resistant to fatigue in the future. Brain fatigue works the same way.”

“Mostly slow training [80/20] also does a better job of strengthening the parts of the brain where tolerance for suffering resides”.

Interleukin-6 (IL-6)- [slow and steady wins the race, by small and simple things are great things brought to pass]

“The key requirement for strengthening the arobic system is stress. Unless you subject your arobic system to a significantly greater challenge than it faces when you are at rest it will not adapt.”