It’s that time again! Your chance to ask me anything you would like. As I always mention, this is always one of my favorite things to do.
Almost nothing is off limits. Feel free to ask me about training, racing, what’s going on at HillRunner.com, or anything else. This is my invitation to you to ask whatever you would like.
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Summer has arrived! Or at least we’ve had a couple tastes of it here in Wisconsin with more to come soon.
Running in the summer is great! However, especially if the weather gets extreme, it does require some preparation and adjustments.
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Zone 2. Conversational pace for us old timers. Whatever you want to call it, people are always preaching keeping your easy runs easy.
This is for good reason. Most runners do their easy runs too fast.
But some treat easy running as the part that’s going to lead to better performances when, really, it’s mostly the enabler.
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If you spend much time on running social media, you’ll see a million different ideas for what the key to improvement in running is. So I might as well tap into that sentiment and offer my thoughts on what the key to improvement is.
(The truth, of course, is that improvement involves many variables but I do believe most, if not all, of those variables rely on this one thing to be in place first.)
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“Real runners go long.” “Longer is more challenging.” “Longer is the only challenge.”
For better or worse, these are statements that are not hard to find within the running community, especially on social media.
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