Tag: marathon training
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Pumped up Kicks: Is barefoot running for me?
No this blog isn’t about Foster the People, or songs that are good to run to. (I will say though right now I am digging: Young Blood by The Naked and Famous, Sail by Awolnation, Somebody that I Used to Know by Gotye, and Frankenstein by Tokyo Police Club) This blog is my opinion on barefoot running.…
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Treadmill (n.): A Good Tool for Speedwork
Treadmill (n.): A torture device perfected in the 20th century, designed to destroy one’s mind though sensory deprivation and monotony. -Mark Remy Runnersworld.com executive editor, in The Runners’ Rule Book Mark Remy is right, the treadmill is a torture device! We should try to do most of our runs outside. Get out on trails, run…
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Yoga can help your running form!
One of the reasons I love yoga, is Bikram Hot Yoga has helped me improve my running form. I may have had decent posture before I started doing yoga, but now I KNOW I have good posture and not only do I have good posture but I have learned how to actively traction my own…
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All out all the time??
One of the number one mistakes runners make when training for a goal time is they go all out all the time. It is an easy trap to fall into. You are training, your endurance is getting better it makes sense to try to up and up the speed on the treadmill or hit a…
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Strength Training For Runners
Most runners want to avoid strength training. The number one reason being they feel it will make them “bulky”. This is isn’t true. Not only will strength training not make you bulky, if anything it will make you leaner. (Muscle takes up less space then fat and takes more calories to maintain. If you strength…
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Rainy Saturday workout
Thank you runners for meeting me this morning! We had an awesome turnout as well as a great run! (Eduard I cant wait to see the garmin data!) We got a little wet! But we all managed to make it back… For a post run meal at the Proclub bistro … I guess Eduard’s “PRO…