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Late training cycle drama One of the things you learn to live late in a hard marathon cycle with is drama. Chances are if you’re going to get hurt or sick it’s going to be in the final third or quarter of your cycle. That’s exactly when it will cause the most drama in your …
Boston Marathon 2018 Weather – Just be smart, don’t freak out If I cared about clicks I would call this post “Potential nightmare scenario at this year’s Boston Marathon!” But, I don’t so I’m going to call it “Just be smart this year at Boston…” As I sit here in my warm home office about …
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Aches, pains and slow twitchiness… Trying to get back into race shape after a summer of mountain biking isn’t as easy as I would like it to be. I’m coming up on 48 years old this fall and I feel a bit like Brett Favre constantly coming out of retirement in search of some former …
Fitness and Age How much is mental and how much is physical reality? This is an interesting topic. It turns out that it is, from our vantage point as endurance athletes, under-studied and not well understood. You see, we are the first generation to a) have life expectancy well into our 80’s and b) carry …
Cold weather running It might be uncomfortable but it’s not going to kill you. Hopefully this will help someone and come into their life at the right time to help them understand how to have fun in the cold. Cold is relative. Cold for me up here in New England is January and February. This …
