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What’s the best age to qualify for Boston? Do the old guys have an unfair advantage? It turns out the best age is 80 but almost all the ages over 35 have an advantage, some significant. I compared the 2013 Boston Marathon Standards (without the extra 59 seconds) to the World Masters Athletics Age Graded …
The Old Kit Bag Pack to prepare. One of the biggest questions we face as amateur endurance athletes is how do we find the time to work out? We have jobs. We have families. We have other social commitments all drawing on the same pool of time. One of the ways to get your work …
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 …
