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Easy Runs – Garbage miles? Part of any good training plan is your base – the easy runs. The majority of the running you will do in a plan is often just recovery and easy runs. Is there a science to easy runs? Is there a right way or wrong way to run these easy …
Beep Beep! The timer goes off… When I jog-walked the Chicago Marathon this year at the way back of the pack with Zen Runner and Eddie Marathon one of the interesting things was the cacophony of beeping going back there. It was like being in a microwave oven convention. The vast majority of participants in …
The barefoot weights workout A nice twist on pumping iron When I was in my twenties, before I was a marathoner, I spent a year or so lifting weights. There was a gym within walking distance of my office. I’d walk over at lunch and workout 4 or 5 days a week. I’d do chest, …
Quick tip – Wetsuit Dreams Back in the winter months I bought a triathlon wetsuit. I have been swimming poorly and dabbling in triathlons since crushing my knee in 2002 in a car accident forced me out of running for a few months (long story). Since I am not that serious about triathlon-ing I either …
The recovery phase as part of your training discipline The work of recovery In April I wrapped up a year-long campaign that included 13 marathons in 13 months among other things. After a long campaign or a hard race or anything that has taken a lot out of you, you need to rest and recover. …
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