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So you started running during the stay-at-home, what now? How to use exercise as a keystone habit. If the parade of humans passing by my window everyday over the last 6 weeks is any indicator, a lot of people have taken up running during the pandemic. Why not? You’re working from home. You don’t have …
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Plantar Fasciitis Part Three You’ve got it, now what? You have to be careful. There are a whole lot of ‘guaranteed cures’ out there on the internet. This is a very common running injury so everyone you meet will have some advice. Be careful. There are two things you need to absolutely burn into your …
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The Training Pyramid Talking about the constituent parts of a training campaign Jeff, my coach from PRSFit, posted this really good graphic that visually summarized the concept of periodicity in training. I’ve re-drawn the graphic here for reference. The basic summary of the pyramid of training is that when you are training for an event, …
In the moment of the first real run The power and the glory The heart rate monitor beeped. I could not get my rate down to the zone two I was supposed to be starting this workout in. I thought I would feel some sort of euphoria, some sort of hidden spiritual power reawakened after …
Why are all the records being broken? I have to be honest. I don’t follow professional running as a sport very deeply. I’d much rather watch a hockey game than a track meet. I wasn’t ever at a level of performance high enough to merit having any stake in professional or even collegiate running. Closest …
