Many runners tend to schedule a goal race for spring or fall for one obvious reason: the weather.
While good weather is never guaranteed, it only makes sense to schedule your big races at a time when the odds of favorable conditions are at least slightly in your favor.
But could chasing ideal race day conditions actually impact the quality of your training cycle?
Perhaps… Read more
Whether you’re a math person or not, you can’t deny that numbers are a big part of our sport.
Distances. Paces. Splits.
And when it comes to goals, they are often number-focused as well.
PRs. Mileage targets. A number of races. Read more
If you talk to enough runners, you’re going to hear quite a few unwritten rules that supposedly all runners should follow.
But does that mean you have to follow those rules to the letter?
Or even follow them at all?
When I ran the Celebration half marathon recently, I decided to thumb my nose at multiple “rules” on race day.
Turns out, purposefully breaking the unwritten rules can actually work quite well… Read more
A couple of weeks ago, I ran my longest race to date: 45 miles.
Well, the course was actually a little short so the race was “only” 43.5 miles or so.
But I missed a turn so ended up with a little bonus trail time and 44.25 miles on the day.
If I’m honest, I had a pretty great day on all fronts.
But going into the race?
I was prepared for 45 miles of misery… Read more
Starting too fast during a race is something that can happen to even the most seasoned runner if he or she is not careful.
Shoot, it happens to me even when I’m trying to be careful more often than I’d like to admit.
Surely I’m not the only one guilty of starting a race too fast and then blowing up before the finish, am I?
