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Rolling your fitness forward to your ‘B’ race Living to fight another day. What do you do when you show up for the race you have trained well and specifically for and Mother Nature throws a spanner in the works? It’s a hot day, or a windy day or there is some other kind of …
Socks Let’s talk about socks. I don’t think I’ve ever written about socks. That’s because I have never ever had a problem with socks. I have the great privilege of being one of those runners for who ‘socks are socks’. When I first started running, I ran in regular old cotton gym socks for years. …
Bike Questions 101 Had a couple beginner bike questions that I’d like to address. Let me qualify this by saying that Darryl over at lovingthebike.com is way more qualified to answer bike questions, but I can answer bike questions from runners! First question was from Norm, yes Norm the Ruminative runner, who wanted to get …
Wapack 2018 An old friend. I really have grown to love the Wapack Trail Race. It checks all the boxes for me. It’s long enough and challenging enough to push me physically and mentally. Its deep New England topography is interesting and comforting to me. It’s a small, almost intimate affair put on by my …
Strength Training to get ready for a Hard Training Cycle Part 3 of a 4 part series. This week we’ll talk about strength training for runners. Once again it’s a fairly simple topic on the surface that has just too many options when you get into the specifics. Like everything else the best strength training …
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