Put (a) Spring Back Into Your Step

Workouts await, but be wise about returning to speedwork

By Andrew McKay

For many runners, the re-emergence of spring signals the real new year, when it’s time to kick things up a notch, get back into gear and start pushing the pace a little more. This includes returning to heavier workouts. Where winter is often a time for rest, easier runs and mileage maintenance, the spring thaw offers the promise of faster footwork and harder efforts as we prepare for target races in late spring or early summer. It’s repeated so often that it’s almost cliché, but for good reason: when returning to hard work, less is more. Trying to jump back to paces and efforts that you haven’t seen since the clocks turned back is a recipe for injury. Tim Uuksulainen has coached at several collegiate and community clubs in Ontario and now focuses…

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Canadian Running (Digital) - 1 Issue, March/April 2025

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