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Range of motion and flexibility. Part 2 of preparing for a training cycle This is the second part in a series I’m doing on some things you may want to consider when getting ready for a hard training cycle. Last time we talked about what good form is, how to practice it and some drills …
Form Series – Chapter One I’m going to do a series on running form. It’s one of those things, that I’ve been doing for so long, (and there are a lot of them), that I forget how important and useful it is for people. But, like all these simple things, once I start thinking about …
Pub-race gets overwhelmed… What happens when this century’s running boom collides with last century’s races? I ran and swam on New Year’s Day, as is my tradition. Around New England we have a number of traditional races from the 5 mile Freezer Five in Sterling, MA to the P’Nut Butter Chip Chase 5k in Temple, …
Redemption I was somewhere in the middle miles, deep into the race. I was in a valley. The thick, rugged forest climbed away near vertically into a verdant crush on my right. Some sort of bushy swamp lay deep in the left. All was claustrophobic, closed in on all sides by the crush of …
Racing myself at the Vermont Shires Marathon 2013 Read More »
