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Purposeful De-conditioning I am in the process of getting out of shape. Not Jabba the Hut out of shape but a planned relaxation of the intensity and volume of my training. I’m doing it on purpose. It feels great. What am I doing to lose fitness? I just came off a hard road marathon. I …
2012 ES20 Race regurgitation… Dead in the water… Frank, Brian and I have been running this race for 15 or more years. It’s springtime, pre-Boston ritual. I was quite looking forward to it. Early in the race I caught up to Frank, which is unusual, and told him that next year I’d be in his …
Interludes 1.3 (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/Interludes1.3.mp3] Link Interludes1.3.mp3 “Interlude of Love” – Backslider Introduction: Hello my friends. Hope you are doing well. I’m afraid I got squeezed into the wormhole of too many time commitments this week and couldn’t get the first episode of the new version of the RunRunLive podcast put together. I won’t bore …
Why should you try effort based training? What does that even mean? It seems as though effort based training is currently making a resurgence in the running zeitgeist. This is actually a great thing because unlike some of the other recent popular running trends effort based training won’t hurt you, even if you do it …
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 …
