Less Water, Less Gallowaying:

Although I have entered "Maintenance Mode," or "Winter Mode," or whatever you want to call it when you stop entering races and run just enough to maintain your current level of fitness, I have still been running well nevertheless.

As the blog article title suggests, I've been trying to wean myself from ( Jeff ) "Gallowaying," a.k.a. a run/walk style, which means I have to complete my 5k'S without many, if any, walk breaks.

I am learning to do this well, and not only have been maintaining my fitness, but continue to improve.

There is a big debate on the Internet whether Jeff Galloway is a saint, or misleading people, all I know is that he firmly believes in his system, and that it helped ( and still does to a limited extent ) me greatly for a long time.

This automatically forces me to take in less water, since I simply cannot drink while running fairly hard, and the result has been that I've been able to keep up a relatively quick pace overall, even though I've dramatically cut back on mileage.