RunRunLive Mercury Newsletter Issue Number Five

“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.”

— James Allen

I raced a 10k this week on New Year’s then went for a swim in the Atlantic! Happy New Year!

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This week’s topics are:

Secret #2 of the 10 secrets to running success
Tips for long runs in the winter?
How to approach a race when you are under-trained?
“Mind Manure” – lessons from Rome.
Footprints in the snow.

Stay happy and stay healthy.

Secret #2 of the 10 secrets to running success

The 10 secrets to successful running:

Secret Number two – Align your endurance life style with your life purpose.

This is the second in a 10 week series where I am going to cover the 10 secrets to successful running. What gives me the Chutzpah to think that I can come up with the definitive list? Nothing – I have no right but that has never stopped me before!

This week I want to talk about purpose. If you are going to be a successful runner, or a successful anything for that matter, you need to understand and internalize how your running aligns with your life purpose. More succinctly; how does this activity fit into the bigger picture?

Winter Long Run Tips

With the winter running season upon us, and the spring marathon season starting how do you prepare to do those long runs in the cold weather?

Read the entire article here http://www.runrunlive.com/winter-long-runtips

How to execute when you are under-prepared for your race

I had an interesting question this week. Someone asked me what a good racing strategy is if you know you are undertrained for your race.

This happens more than you would think. People are more prone to get injured in their peak training weeks. This leaves them short some conditioning cycles that they can’t make up and may force them to take it easy while they recover.

Manuring your mind with the history of Rome.

Lessons from the history of Rome

I have been listening to a history of Rome. I find the parallels with our modern world and especially the Pax Americana of my life fascinating. Rome never met an enemy it could not defeat, except the enemies from within that eventually caused it to rot from the inside out. Still, a thousand years is a good run.

Foot Prints

Written in the snow on Boxing Day.

The snow fell in angelic puffs, perfect, slow-motion flakes, like Hollywood’s best dreams. It was like running inside a snow globe. A perfect dusting rested on the trees, on the roads and on the path.

Read more here -> http://www.runrunlive.com/foot-prints

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I’ll see you out there,

Chris,