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Using MSOutlook to store your marathon plans Quick and Dirty tip. There are 4,873,254 different online training logs out there. I don’t particularly like any of them. For me to upload my plan to an online log is a pain. I’m not able to be online all the time. More importantly, the way I visualize …
Progress not Perfection How to stay motivated when things are going slowly. Every day one of the first things I do is to try to create a list of the things I’m going to get done in the day. Every day I get to scratch some completed tasks off my list and that gives me …
Modified Push-Runs for cross training. I want to share with you a couple interesting workouts I’ve put together recently. Typically I’ll do these workouts on my cross-training days. The point is that you can mix and match the strength and cardio elements of your plan to get great workouts and keep it interesting. The point …
Transcending the workout I was well into the tempo part of my step up run. This was the end game and the apex of the workout. I’d been running for over an hour. The treadmill was whining. The sweat was flying. I could feel the fatigue in my quads nagging at me. I could see …
An exercise to find what makes you tick. If you ever want to see people look like deer in headlights ask them to define themselves. Most people focus big buckets full of energy outwards, but never set the anchor and build the foundation of self definition. You are going to be inundated by goal setting …
