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The Power of Compounding What happens today is the result of thousands of small actions and choices that have been made in your lifetime. In our talk with Rachel today you heard about the impact of small changes, persistent changes, over time. In our off-camera, off-microphone conversations I asked her why, if all this nutrition …
The impact of losing weight on your running Does losing weight impact your running? How much? How? Clearly, common sense and Newtonian physics would say that losing weight make you faster. And it does. But there’s probably more to the story than that. Has this ever been tested? Yes, it has. The first test in …
Surge Run Deep Dive Today I’m going to use the context of a specific workout to talk and teach about training in general. The workout that I’m going to use is a surge run. From the mechanics of a specific workout we can synthesize the goals and challenges and methods of training in general. What …
Let’s talk about shoes One of the most annoying frequently asked questions is the shoe question. Why is it annoying? Because a) it’s impossible to answer, and b) it’s really not as important as people seem to think and c) at the end of the day it’s a religious or philosophical question like ‘What’s your …
The Crusty Crunchy Clavicle Ahh, yes, this is why you came today? This is why you paid your ticket? To shale your head in disbelief as I spin yet another tail of race-ending injury? “Why?” you ask, “Don’t you ever learn Chris?” I prefer to see it as the universe stepping in and restoring balance… …
