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What I learned from this extended training cycle. You can always go deeper, but there are diminishing returns. I went deep in this training cycle. My target, or more appropriately ‘re-target’ race at Vermont Cities Marathon coming up this weekend will mark 7 months of work. That is probably the longest sustained training cycle I …
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Connecting the dots. Since the end of December I have had to drive to the airport a different way. I have been driving in to Logan airport for 30 years, sometimes 3 times a week. When I have to get up and go to the airport at 4:00 AM I can get there, literally, with …
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7 benefits of taking a week off What did we learn? Due to a sore back I took last week totally off from training. What happened? Was it good? Was it bad? What kind of effect does taking a week off have? Well, here are 7 things I took away from the experience. Reduced workout …
Moving the Curve The premeditated act of race fitness. I don’t know what your fitness goals are. Maybe you want to lose weight or feel better or be able to chase down your grandkids. I do know my goal and it is none of those things. It is actually much less nuanced and much more …
Step-up runs, surge runs and cheating. I know I’m guilty of using phrases and not explaining them. I do this when I talk about my training. Two types of training runs you hear me talk about are step-up runs and surge runs. What is a step-up run? A step-up run is a type of tempo …
