I’ve been reading a lot of good things this month. So much, in fact, that I might give you a bonus roundup next week.
For now, though, I have three interesting topics to share. First, we know caffeine is a performance booster but does it work for everyone? Second, who should we be modeling our running mechanics after? Third, how well do we do at monitoring our hydration during workouts?
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Recently, I pulled a hamstring avoiding a homicidal driver of a pickup truck who decided stop signs are optional and people in crosswalks want to die.
This week, I came down with a cold.
The past month has been rough.
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A coach I follow and greatly respect says there’s a big difference between a coach with 20 years of experience and a coach with 1 year of experience repeated 20 times.
I believe this also applies to runners.
But what does it mean and why does it matter?
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Last week, I wrote about why I (generally) assign effort based workouts.
Notice what I did? I hedged because there are definitely cases when I do assign workouts based on pace. These are infrequent but they do happen.
When do I assign these workouts?
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I drive the runners I coach crazy at times. Why? Well, I’m sure there are many reasons but one of the big reasons is because I assign workouts by effort. I don’t make it easy for them, saying something like mile repeats at 7:00 or half mile repeats at 2:50. Instead, I say mile repeats at 10K effort or even something more vague like slightly faster/harder than half marathon effort.
Why do I do this? Believe it or not, I’m not just trying to be difficult.
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