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When natural running form doesn’t matter Let us get this clear…(the small print) Last week I had posted a blog post that talked about taking some time to clean up my form by moving to more ‘natural’ and ‘forefoot’ mechanics. I gave some examples of how this had a positive influence on my running. It …
I am a collector of the metal arcane. I have a curious mind that likes shiny objects. My brain is a jumbled place of old odd things like a deranged estate sale or the attic of a well used Victorian house. I amazed one of my colleagues this week by telling her the story of …
Fartlek What’s behind the silly name? If you’ve been a runner for any amount of time you’ll inevitably hear your running friends sniggering about fartlek runs. What are they and how do you use them in your training. Fartlek is a Swedish term that means ‘Speed Play’. The Swedish coach came up with these workouts …
Molly Seidel Everything good about marathoning I didn’t watch much of this year’s Olympics. I knew who was running, but really don’t have the time to sit and watch the soap-opera awfulness of the network coverage. But, I have to talk to someone about how impressed I am by Molly Seidel. The lessons to be …
Why 100 miler and why now? How does one decide to run 100 miles? These are excellent questions as I find myself, somehow, inexplicably, registered for my first 100 miler. How did this happen? It happened as I was thinking about something I could do this year that would challenge me in a real and …
