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"  NYTimes.com Well columnist Tara Parker-Pope is currently getting in shape for the New York City marathon, just 150 days away. Her training, she says, consists of as much walking as it does running.  Here&amp;#039;s what&amp;#039;s interesting: Usually, when people slow from their running pace to a walking pace, it&amp;#039;s a sign of fatigue, of giving in to their body&amp;#039;s plea for rest or, to some, of failure. But Mrs. Parker-Pope argues in her article called &amp;quot;Better Running Through Walking&amp;quot; that the run-walk or run-break method affords benefits to even the most experienced runners. In other words, the technique doesn&amp;#039;t imply that one would walk when they&amp;#039;re tired, but actually just the opposite.  Though the amount of walking may differ per level of runner (a ratio of 1 min to 1 min may serve a beginner, where as one of 1 mile to 1 min may serve a competitive athlete), the technique, based on Parker-Pope&amp;#039;s interviews, not only lessens the risk of injury, but allows the body a faster recovery after long runs and, in some cases, improves overall time. If running a marathon is on your long list of things you&amp;#039;d like to do in your life, this might be just the training technique you need to get started on the path towards yet another accomplishment. Oh! Pictured above is one of my oldest and best friend&amp;#039;s Lindsay Pirozzi and her father Mike &amp;quot;Mr. P&amp;quot; Pirozzi (my biggest athletic fan when I was growing up) running the 9-mile Boiler Maker in Utica, New York! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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