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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 …
The Boston Problem Almost every year for the last two decades I have run the Boston Marathon. I’ve grown up and grown older as Boston evolved. From the early days as race for a small number of club elites and professionals to today’s strange monster of a city race trying to hang on to it’s …
2010 Wilderness 101 Race Report “The hardest thing I’ve ever done.” On Saturday July 31st 2010 I rode and completed a 101 mile ultra mountain bike race in central Pennsylvania with my buddies Dan and Tom. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done – Mostly because I didn’t train well enough and largely because …
