Train For Distance – Train Your Stomach
Just as you must train your legs to go the distance, your digestive system must be fine-tuned to deliver the nutrients under the stress of…
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It’s Hot out There – Training for Hot Weather – Part 3
One day a week, you can train yourself to deal with the heat by inserting the hot segments below into your workout, even if you…
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It’s Hot out There – Part 2 – Heat Disease Alert – Symptoms/Risk Factors
Symptoms of heat disease: Intense heat buildup in the head, significant headache, general overheating of the body General confusion and loss of concentration and muscular…
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It’s Hot Out There, Part 1 – Heat Disease Alert – Prevention
The most common health problem among endurance exercisers is heat disease. This is a serious condition which has resulted in death in a high percentage…
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More Running Form: Acceleration-Gliders
To improve running form and efficiency, accelerations can help you greatly. When your form improves, a speed increase will occur naturally. Benefits of Acceleration-Gliders: They…
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Running Form: Cadence Drill – To correct over stride and keep feet low to the ground
The Research: Studies have clearly shown that as runners become faster, their stride length decrease. Therefore, the way to get faster is to increase turnover…
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Inspiration from Running Journals
Journal keepers are more likely to be lifelong runners. Many beginning runners tell me that the writing of each day’s mileage in the journal was…
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Getting Beyond the Wall
What do you do when you are having a motivation letdown? I have experienced many of these during my over 130 marathon training programs. On…
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There Be Hills Out There!
Hills build strength. Hill training will help you maximize the strength needed for running 5Ks and 10Ks. Doing a few hills, before the start of…
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Getting Stronger
You cannot improve if you cannot run. The single greatest cause of improvement is remaining injury free.If you’re like most runners, you push it…
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The Power of Boston
There is no other marathon in the world that has the history, the prestige, and has been run every year since the genesis of our…
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Running Form: The big three: posture, stride and bounce.
I have discovered that when runners have problems, they tend to occur in three areas: Posture, stride and bounce. And the problems tend to be…
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Risk of Speed
There is an increased risk of both injuries and cardiovascular events during speed sessions. Be sure to get your doctor's OK before beginning a speed…
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Holiday Training Tips
It’s possible to keep your training on track, even with holiday distractions. Here are some tips that have helped many runners maintain conditioning even with holiday temptations. You’d be surprised, but even very short workouts on maintenance days can maintain your fitness, relieve stress, inject more energy and allow you to feel better during holiday festivities.
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Preparing for Race Day – 5K, 10K, 13.1, 26.2 or ultra distance
After having run in races, every year, since 1958, I’ve come to believe that success comes from getting the “little things” right. As you prepare for…
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I have sciatica. Can I still run?
Your “weak link” is currently sciatica. While this takes a while to heal, almost all of my Ecoach clients who have had this condition have…