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Understanding the ‘flywheel’ effect As I jump into my training I think it’s appropriate to consider for a moment the training effect. Basically what the training effect refers to is your body’s reaction to hard training. The caution I want to share is that it is nonlinear. Meaning you don’t just get step-wise stronger after …
A Fun Day at Fundy – June 2013 The Bay of Fundy Marathon. There’s this joke that some of the folks in my running club tell. These are the old timers who have run with me or trained with me. They tell stories of how I’d take a group out on a 3-5 mile fun …
The Big Bounce in your training cycle How to stay with it and make it work for you The training effect; what is it? The training effect is your body’s response to the effort of training. You push your body through hard efforts and your body responds and adapts. What are the elements of that …
9 steps to recovery after a marathon 9 Things you can do to help your body and mind cope and speed your recovery. OK my friends, you have just run a hard 26.2 mile race. You have been training for this event for 3+ months. You gave it everything and left it all on the …
Treadmill progression runs When you move your workouts onto the treadmill there are some advantages. In the winter we sometimes have to move inside to avoid the bite of Mr. Winter. This may also be turned into an advantage, giving you a more controlled workout by eliminating the variables or weather and topography. Here’s a …
