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One percent better I have consumed a lot of self-improvement books. One of the common tropes is the “One percent better” saying. Very common. Not as common as the Roger Bannister four-minute mile trope. But common, nonetheless. This ‘one percent rule’ is probably older than dirt, Ptolemies probably preached it to eager Alexandrians, but I …
Baselining for Racing How do you know what your race time goals should be? This is an important question when you are putting together a structured training plan. You need to find your baseline. “But, Chris…” You ask, “You’ve been training and racing for over 30 years. How could you not know your baseline?” And, …
Let’s talk about pace I have been considering following the training structure and plan that I used many times to qualify for Boston ‘in the old days’. Back up a bit. Ten years ago I self published a non-fiction book called “MarathonBQ – How to qualify for Boston in 14 weeks with a full time …
Can you race well when you get old? This has been on my mind lately. As it always is when things feel good. My mind, and maybe yours, is never satisfied with settling for the status quo. It always has me thinking about ‘can I do more?’ and ‘how much can I do?’ In the …
Back pain for runners May back hurts this week. I figured I’d talk about it. Backs are a tricky bit of bone and meat because they have this big ole bundle of nerves that runs up the hollow bone in the middle. Any damage to that nerve bundle will have serious consequences. Therefor, before we …
