Few entities in the history of the world are undefeated.
Dinosaurs? The Roman Empire? The USSR hockey team heading into Lake Placid?
They all enjoyed their time at the top before they were taken out.
But you know who is undefeated since time immemorial?
You can try to hold him off, but you simply can’t beat Father Time. Read more
Don’t look now, but we are at the midway point of 2022 2025.
Yep.
This time of the year can be a difficult time of year for a lot of runners, at least it is for some of the runners I coach.
Today I’m taking a look at some issues you may be struggling with right now, and offering a few suggestions to help you stay the course with your training. Read more
What is the best speed workout that runners can/should do?
I’m somewhat surprised that I get asked this question as often as I do, but I get it.
If you’re a runner with performance goals and you want to get faster, you probably don’t want to waste your time doing a speed workout that isn’t very effective, right?
So then, which speed workouts are worth your time and which ones should you avoid? Read more
If you’re like most runners, and probably most people in general, patience isn’t your strongest suit.
If you have big goals, you know it’s going to take some hard work over time in order to reach your goals.
But if you’re anything like me, you like to see some big chunks of progress on occasion to confirm that you’re on the right path.
While we know that one percent of improvement is still an improvement, it’s easy to overlook that small amount of growth as trivial.
Over time, however, a one percent improvement can be huge! Read more
The mind is a funny thing…
I think it’s common for us as runners to focus on the physical side of our sport.
Obviously, running is a physical sport.
But too often we, or at least I, overlook the mental aspect of our sport.
Perhaps we’d be wise to pay a bit more attention to the roll our brains play in our training and racing… Read more