Over lunch (I’ve started feeling hungry earlier these days due to my recently started marathon training 
, I read an article on Eight Benefits of Cross-Training. Although injury prevention is the most obvious reason for this variety in training programs, this article very nicely explains some other other side benefits as well. Here is a quote from the article:
To make an absolute statement might be going too far, but I think it's safe to say that almost every runner can run faster by cross-training appropriately than by running only.
I think that’s so true. I’ve been thinking of adding some variety to my schedule and this will motivate me to do that now.
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