As someone who enjoys running but also plays football (at least once sometimes twice per week) and squash. How do I build these sports into my training schedule ie if I run on a sunday and play football on Monday how does this rate in the overall schedule. Any advice from multi sports people out there
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For what it's worth, I run regularly and play football twice a week. I normally credit a footy game as being equivalent to a 4-5 mile run depending on how hard the game was. I think football can be a good cross-training exercise, you get a cardio workout and a bit of extra leg strength, sprint training.
Hey, I figure if you are running for 90 minutes you are going to cover a fair amount of distance. I read a while back a report that said a professional midfield football player can expect to run at least 10 miles in a game. I'm far from professional hence my reduced number...
I'll bet your running helps the football no end too, I find it does wonders for my game in the last 20mins when everyone is getting tired.
If I feel I haven't had a good enough workout from the game then I'll maybe go for a gentle run afterwards.
Hope that helps.
Andy
To be fair I was viewing it as a training session so was "giving it some".
Happy cross-training,
Wannagofaster