Ryan

Standing or jogging recoveries?

You’re doing an interval workout. Do you jog your recoveries or stand?

This has long been a debate in the running world. I’ve honestly leaned toward the “depends on the goals of the workout” philosophy. I don’t necessarily have any evidence to support that but it makes sense that, for some workouts, you want to keep moving while you want to take full rest for some others.

Stay positive

It can sometimes be hard to find the good in a bad experience but it is worth trying

The runners I coach know that I can and will put a positive spin on almost anything.

Had a bad race? It’s a learning experience. Bad workout that you had to cut short? At least you did the smart thing and didn’t do any damage by trying to push through. Tough long run? Good practice for handling challenges on race day.

Ask me anything

Yes, it’s that time again! Your chance to ask me anything you would like. As I always seem to 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.

Running tech can take a toll

I’m sure we’ve all heard about the toll tech can take on many people, from teenagers who see impossible to live up to images and suffer self esteem issues to terrible stories of trolling and misinformation campaigns, these are just a few of the serious issues that I can think of off the top of my head.

Well, runners aren’t immune to this, even on sites designed by athletes, for athletes. Even tech that is designed to make us healthier.

Let’s start with a couple stories about that which I hope will serve as reminders to make sure you are using your tech to benefit you, not being used by the tech for the benefit of the tech company or others.

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