{"id":1416,"date":"2013-07-08T20:30:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T00:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2013\/07\/08\/not-necessarily-born-to-run\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:40:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T00:40:02","slug":"not-necessarily-born-to-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/not-necessarily-born-to-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Not necessarily born to run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsimg.furman.edu.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/FIRST.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7217 lazyload\" title=\"FIRST\" data-src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.furman.edu.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/FIRST.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 256px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 256\/192;\" \/><\/a>Generally speaking, the best way to improve as a runner is to train as a runner, but unless you were truly born to run, focusing solely on running is probably a very limited strategy. Instead, cross-training like a triathlete can actually help many runners endure a higher workload than they can with running alone. <em>Competitor<\/em>, an online publication for runners, got in contact with the Furman Institute of Running and Scientific Training (FIRST) to get the latest research on that training strategy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/running.competitor.com\/2013\/05\/training\/cross-train-like-a-triathlete_74019\">Read the article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally speaking, the best way to improve as a runner is to train as a runner, but unless you were truly born to run, focusing solely on running is probably a very limited strategy. Instead, cross-training like a triathlete can actually help many runners endure a higher workload than they can with running alone. <em>Competitor<\/em>, an online publication for runners, got in contact with the Furman Institute of Running and Scientific Training (FIRST) to get the latest research on that training strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,21,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-health-sciences","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}