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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 …
The cold ride Getting outdoors on the road bike in the winter Last Saturday the temperature was predicted to rise into the 40’s. In February in New England that is hot! I had a long ride scheduled and thought it would save my soul to get out on the roads and off the evil trainer. …
