Category Archives: training
Runner’s Are Wont to Worry: Make sure you’re stressing over the RIGHT paces
Runners seem to like to worry. Perhaps it’s a bit of the self masochism in us, on some level we must like to hurt, so it makes sense the same attraction is there for worrying. Our brains never seem to … Continue reading
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Brain Warp: Running mentally tough by changing how your brain interprets those pain messages
A runner’s brain is constantly being flooded by sensory input information. Feedback from the muscles, skin, lungs, eyes, ears, feet, nerves from everything. It’s a matter of taking all of these messages and warping them into what is in the … Continue reading
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Distance Runners Getting Their Speed Work On: The multi-level approach to getting faster
Getting a runner to be faster is an interesting undertaking. It’s actually a concept that coaches and athletes have been trying to perfect for centuries. As science has improved, training has evolved, we’ve created training phases and workouts that push … Continue reading
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Running is Repetitive, So Avoid Reinforcing Bad Habits
If I’m on an easy run I usually get something random stuck in my head. A phrase, a word, the same song lyric running a loop over and over until the run is over. It can sure drive a person … Continue reading
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Running Patient Keeps You In the Sport and WILL Reward You…In Time ;)
Running is wrought with the ‘two steps forward, one step backward’ tests and trials. I’d call it logic, but let’s be honest, most runners lost all logic about 5,000 miles ago. Progress forward is HARD fought, once you’ve been running … Continue reading
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Running Mentally Engaged: Keeping your brain in check when the pain sets in
Running is tough. Racing is tougher…downright painful. The brain has a funny little way of dealing with that pain, it gets sneaky and tries to coax us into slowing down. Runner Brain: “I want to run a PR, dang this … Continue reading
Running the Paces: Fitting the effort level to the numbers
I’m a runner who hates excuses. If it’s windy I’d rather run into the wind instead of having it ‘help’ me to a faster time. Sort of like if there is going to be a kind of handicap I’d rather … Continue reading
Improve Your Running By Asking Yourself THIS Question
Before you step out for your next run ask yourself this, “What am I trying to accomplish?” Every run should have a PURPOSE. Defining the PURPOSE of every run is important for a lot of reasons: * Motivation: The first … Continue reading
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Running and ‘Craming’: Race day ready with not as much time as you would have liked
The results for the ‘cramming method’ when it comes to running are a pretty mixed bag. Admittedly there are those lucky few blessed with a fair chunk of talent and with minimal training can whip out a rather remarkable performance … Continue reading
Tackling Your Long Run: Always easy or is there a time to put the hammer down?
Oh, the long run. I’ve always loved long run days and the feelings of entitlement we get for the rest of the day: slothful laziness and inhaling as much food as we want. With distance training the staples of the … Continue reading
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