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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 …
PF Update It’s been a few weeks since I have run. The pain is still in my heel. It’s low-level and not at all debilitating, but it’s still there. I have been working out 6 days a week. I have been doing the total body workout that Coach Jeff shared with me three days and …
Empowerment Today I’m going to talk about empowerment. I came to this topic via a couple routes. I tend to pay attention when a topic like this is whispering in my ear repeatedly in multiple interactions. The first time this topic of empowerment came up was in a Facebook post I read a couple weeks …
