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"Everyone is different." This statement has implications for running, as each person may differ in their response to training, diet or other factors<ref name="ind"/>. The advice I give in this wiki, as well as much of the other advice, is somewhat generic and assumes that people are similar. However, you are an experiment of one, a unique individual and [[All models are wrong]]. It means that you may need to train, eat, sleep, race differently to others. What does this mean to you? Be prepared to experiment and to go against established advice.
<references><ref name="Everyone is different.ind" This statement has implications for running, as each person may differ in their response to training, diet or other factors. The advice I give in this blog, as well as much of the other advice, is generic and assumes that people are the same. However, you are an experiment of one, a unique individual and you need to remember this. It means that you may need to train, eat, sleep, race differently to others. For instance, I find that a high fat meal the night before a race works much better for me than a high carbohydrate meal (pasta).> What does this mean to you? Be prepared to experiment and to go against established advice. [1]Individual differences in response to regular physical activity[http://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2001&issue=06001&article=00013&type=abstract http://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse</pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2001&issue=06001&article=00013&type=abstract]references>