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Running the Boston Marathon – 6 tips From a veteran mid-packer My friends, many of you are joining us in Massachusetts this year for the Boston Marathon. This year will be a bit of a circus but the course dynamics haven’t changed. Allow me to offer some tips. I have run the Boston marathon at …
Beginner Marathon Tips Looking at it from a different angle I got asked what my tips for first time marathoners would be last week. I was stymied. There are potentially thousands of things I’d like to tell a first timer. However, I realize that telling them a thousand things is the wrong thing to do. …
Warming up It’s important and can make your racing much more pleasant. I was pinning on my bib number when the gun went off this morning at the local Thanksgiving 5k that my daughter and I run each year. I had just dashed over from parking my car in a space that was questionably legal …
Anatomy of a step up run Breaking it down. There are different flavors of tempo training. This is training that is at or near your race pace effort. One of the most effective methodologies for endurance running and racing is a training run where you systematically increase the intensity through the workout. One of my …
Active Recovery A positive renewal I’m sure you often hear people in our world talking about ‘active recovery’. What is it and when does it apply? What’s the theory and science behind it? What are the opportunities to use it as a tool in your endurance toolset? Active recovery is simply what it sounds like. …
