Parent category for banner Runnerati Running Blog
Focus When Alexander confronted and defeated Darius, first at Issus and then on the plains of Guagamela, the Macedonian army was outnumbered 3 to 1 and fighting in a hostile and foreign land. How was this young king able to win these battles and gain control of the known world? Alexander was able to focus …
Tapering for a marathon What to do? We’ve talked about this topic many times over the years. Let’s cover a refresher on the do’s and don’ts of tapering for a marathon. You can certainly taper for other distances, but the marathon is what I’m most familiar with having just crossed the finish line of my …
A simple track based speedwork plan for beginners And anyone who is looking to go faster. In the last post I explained to you why doing speedwork on the track is a powerful addition to your running repertoire that goes far beyond effort and speed. Now let me give you some simple rules to keep …
A simple track based speedwork plan for beginners Read More »
Heart Rate, Old-School What did people do before HR monitors? It wasn’t that long ago. I was reading some stories from my book into audio and realized that in 2004 functional, wrist-based GPS systems were first getting adopted by the common runner. What did we do before we had heart rate straps? We still had …
You can handle it Fear and the mind shift I read a book recently…I know, I know, seems I’m always talking about a book I’ve recently read. It’s true, I probably read more than most people. I would like to believe that it is because I like to learn. I would like to believe that …
