Roundups

The “Norwegian Method” of training has had a good run. Its poster boy, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, has been on a tear and has not been shy about attributing at least some of his success to this method of packing in a lot of threshold work in by not making any specific workout too intense.

However, he’s also had a string of losses, including at the Pre Classic this past weekend where Josh Kerr got his number for the second time in a row, going back to last year’s World Championships.

So is his method of training losing some popularity?

Is the Norwegian Method losing its luster?Read More »

It’s long been believed that, if you over pronate, you’re more likely to suffer a running injury. That’s why we have so many motion control shoes with so many types of plastic, dual density foam and other materials to control our pronation.

However, is this actually true?

Do over pronators get injured more frequently?Read More »

20+ years ago, I wrote about the 10% myth (and I republished to the blog 10+ years ago). After republishing to the blog, I also wrote a follow up.

However, there hasn’t been a lot of research on that. Until now.

Is 10% a real thing?Read More »

Let’s face it: we’re distance runners. We don’t like strength training. I bet that’s true for at least 90% of the people reading this (and, to an extent at the very least, it’s true for the one writing this).

That said, we know of the value of strength training. While there may be some question about direct benefits for running performance or injury prevention, I personally have little to no doubt that there are indirect benefits. Also, it’s well established, especially as we get older, that strength training is very important to our health and well being.

How little strength training can you get away with?Read More »

There are a lot of reasons to do non-running work, such as strength training or other forms of what we would just call cross training.

Primarily among those reasons are longevity benefits and injury prevention. Or so we thought.

Does our non-running work keep us uninjured?Read More »