Rehearsal has been used for decades by individuals in various fields to achieve their potential on any given day, under a variety of conditions. Mentally envisioning a series of challenges and rewards, all the way to the goal, gears up the mind-body team to work...
We are born with a combination of two types of muscle fibers. Those with a high percentage of fast twitchers can run fast for a short distance, and then become very tired. Fast twitch fibers are designed to burn the stored sugar in your muscles: glycogen. This is the...
Jason had been running for about two decades, and encouraged his wife, Chris to join a Galloway program to start running. The Run-Walk-Run method allowed her to ease into running while meeting a great group of new friends. When she heard stories of faster running...
Long Run/Walk Facts: Twenty miles with walking breaks (or shuffle breaks) equals 20 miles run continuously… at any speed (but you recover faster with walk breaks). Forget about speed on the long ones. Focus only on the component of endurance. You can’t run/walk too...
Question: How can I keep going when motivation is low during a run? Answer: There will be periods of low confidence during some training runs, and the marathon itself – even when the training has fully prepared you for the event. Here is a plan that can be...
Many runners assume that any frozen item can be used in an ice treatment, even frozen bags of peas. In my experience, these forms of ice treatment do no good at all. When ice is rubbed directly on the skin, as noted below, it is a very powerful treatment or aches,...
