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Interludes 1.2 – NYC Marathon (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/NYC.mp3] Link NYC.mp3 Act one – The Bridge Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – All in a Day Freezing and about half way across the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and the wind was blowing sideways at 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Physical shivers racked me …
Overlapping training plans How do you figure out how to stack dissimilar endurance events? I’m in an interesting situation where I am training for the Boston Marathon in April and the a 100-miler in July. This isn’t a unique situation. Most years I’m training for different events and many times they overlap. How do you …
The Pitfalls of Caricature I just read Scott Jurek’s book “Eat and Run”. Scott is one of the more famous ultra-distance runners in the world having won the Western States 100 Mile endurance race multiple times and set several records. I have known of Scott and his reputation for a few years, but I had not …
Boston Marathon 2016 Walk-Through Let me give you my walk through of what to expect at Boston. Not an exhaustive, detailed review just some things to consider. Because the best advice I could give you for this race is already irrelevant. That advice would be to respect the course and train well. If you have …
The Professional Football cardio workout How to double your fun on a Sunday afternoon. I know you have a stereotype of the sports fan. That man, maybe in his 30’s or 40’s that waits all week for the big game on Sunday. He listens to that brash sports radio to keep his juices flowing and …
