The Key To Running Until You’re 100
The key to running until you’re 100 or so, is to maintain good health and nutrition, stay within your capabilities, and exercise regularly enough to…
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Before You Take Those First Steps….
There are very few people who should not exercise because of cardiovascular, structural, muscular, or other problems. It is very important to ensure that you…
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Marathon FAQ: How do you choose a group to train with and how do you find a training group?
Question: How do you choose a group to train with? Answer: Group support can increase motivation and fun during the long runs. It is crucial…
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The Clothing Thermometer
A major source of anxiety and needless negative triggers to the reflex brain are weather and clothing concerns. There is no positive effect from worrying…
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Mental Training Programs: You can gain control over your attitude, your performance and your pain”*
The choice is yours. You can take control over your attitude, or you can let your reflex brain go through a series of negative reactions…
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Jump Start Your Motivation
Almost every runner feels better after almost every run. But there are “those days” every year when the subconscious reflex brain is under a higher…
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Your Inner Strength – Believe In It!
You have within yourself the power to overcome low motivation on the lowest energy days, and the power to accomplish any realistic goal if you…
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You are the one who determines how much you run and how much you walk.
One of the wonderful aspects of running is that there is no definition of a “runner” that you must live up to. There are also…
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Marathon FAQ
Question: The Magic Ingredient: Tell me one marathon training change that will make me feel good when I run and finish with strength? Answer: The…
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JG 13.1 Race Weekend is presented by the Elite sponsors Phidippides, BeeCause Charms and Suji.
Be sure to be a part of this exciting event starting December 10th through December 13. Even if you are not participating in the races there…
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Warning: You May Experience Addiction
The process of gently and regularly challenging yourself stimulates a desire to question priorities, use time and energy more efficiently, and extend your capabilities. This…
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Walkers who want to go faster in races
By inserting short run segments into a walk, many walkers can pick up their pace and get to the finish line before officials shut it…
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Marathon FAQ
Question: Doesn’t marathon training force you to deal with pain? Answer: Debilitating aches, pains and fatigue are what I call “self-imposed punishment.” While it is…
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I am pleased to announce that my friend Amby Burfoot will be joining us for the Jeff Galloway Race Weekend , December 11-13, 2015.
Before Amby Burfoot won the Boston Marathon and became a brilliant journalist, he was, like me, an average high school runner who received no scholarship…
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You have trained for your marathon; you have run your marathon. Now, how do you stay “Marathon Ready”?
Guest Blogger: Chris Twiggs Galloway Training Director, International Program Director, Galloway Training Programs The key to being “marathon ready” is the long run. The best prepared…
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Training Question: “If the Magic Mile predicts a 13:00 marathon pace, and I’m supposed to run my long ones 2 minutes per mile slower, does that mean run at 15:00 pace then take my walk break, or should the run/walk combined average out to 15:00?”
Guest Blogger: Chris Twiggs Galloway Training Director, International Program Director, Galloway Training Programs This is a question we get often, and it’s usually the result of…