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Down Hill Running A situation with much gravity. I got asked about downhill running. This is probably because I’m always warning people to practice downhill running for Boston. I’ll try to give you some more content and less chatter. Although, chatter can be amusing it’s hard to apply. The biggest key to running downhill is …
How it works for you. http://www2.furman.edu/sites/first/Pages/default.aspx I have an interview with Bill Pierce of the Furman Institute of Running coming up in the next couple of shows but I thought I’d give you a summary of the application. I think the first approach makes good sense and is an excellent compromise between high mileage and …
For the love and hate of a training plan How the training plan lifts us up, steadies us and drives us insane You set the alarm clock for the painfully early crack-o-dawn on Sunday morning. You have to get your long run in…Again! You had to go long last week, you have to go long …
7 track exercises to make you stronger and faster The speed 7 There is a way to accustom your body, to strengthen it so that speedwork is more negotiable. There are exercises that can be done to practice the movements you need for running speedwork on the track. Here are seven that I have used. …
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The Dark Place I was watching, or rather being forced to watch a show called “Strange Addictions” with or by my oldest daughter this weekend. They had the following roster of aberrant freaks to parade: a guy who ate glass compulsively, a lady who plucked and ate her own hair, a man who was in …
