Caveat that I’m not a runner, but in every other athletic activity I’ve done, you’d never compare elite athlete regimens to normal peoples. They have resources

Caveat that I’m not a runner, but in every other athletic activity I’ve done, you’d never compare elite athlete regimens to normal peoples. They have resources, time, (usually) age and genetics working for them. Trying to train like them is usually a recipe for injury and burnout. So I think when we talk about “effective” we should probably contextualize it.