No Need to Ever Eliminate the Walk Breaks
Some beginners assume that they must work toward the day when they don’t have to take any walk breaks at all. This is up to…
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How to maintain the endurance gained on the long run.
A half hour run on Tuesday and Thursday will maintain the endurance gained on the weekend. This is the minimum and results in the lowest…
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How Many Days Per Week?
Almost every long distance runner, including most of those training for the Olympic Trials could benefit from more days off running per week. Age will…
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How to Run Better as You Get Older
Take control of your training by inserting rest before it is needed When doing a challenging workout, stay below the threshold of irritation of weak…
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Journal Tip: Your Morning Pulse is a Great Guide of Overstress
Recording morning pulse – immediately upon waking As soon as you are conscious, but before you have thought much about anything count your pulse rate…
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Short Uphill Stride Helped Me Run My Fastest Marathon…at Age 35
The 1980 Houston-Tenneco course had several significant rolling sections, and this worried me. I had strained my hamstring eight weeks before the race and had…
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Sweat the Electrolytes
Electrolytes are the salts that your body loses when you sweat: sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium. When these minerals get too low, your fluid transfer…
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Marathon FAQ
Question: What is the principle behind the run-walk-run method? Answer: This is a form of interval training and is directly tied to the conservation of…
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Reasons Why You May Not Be Improving
You’re overtrained, and tired – if so, reduce your training, and/or take an extra rest day. You may have chosen a goal that it too…
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I’m excited to be working with Garmin!
I’m honored to be working with Garmin to help people improve their running and fitness—and enjoy running more! I will be one of three coaches…
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What Happens to Us as We Train?
The “Team” of heart, lungs, nerves, brain, etc. Very often in professional sports, a group of very talented individuals is defeated by a group of…
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Alcohol in Sport: How Bad Is It for Runners?
Alcohol has a strong link with sport, be it with sponsorship, beer consumption after a hard workout, or teams enmeshed in a culture of heavy…
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Reason to Run #45: Stressed? Get Out and Run!
On the really stressful days, when we don’t feel like running, even a short and gentle run can deliver major relief. Running doesn’t just release…
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Memories of the first Peachtree Road Race
In my Phidippides store in Ansley Mall you’ll see the first place trophy that I won in the 1st Peachtree Road Race in 1970. It was very…
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Recovery, Recovery, Recovery
The main theme of a time-goal program is recovery. If you build enough rest into your program before you need it, your body will be…
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Making Adjustments:
One of my favorite roles is helping runners solve problems. Almost every day I hear from at least one person who has experienced a rebirth…