Ryan reads a lot every month. At the end of the month, he shares 2-3 highlights of what he’s been reading.
Super shoes have been all the talk of the running world for at least a few years now, as you surely know.
What if you could get a similar boost in performance to super shoes without having to buy the shoes? Or what if you could get that boost without the shoes, then add the shoes on top of that? Sound too good to be true?
Well, maybe not.
…It’s getting to the time of the year where we’ll have to be thinking about dealing with the heat as runners.
What do we know about dealing with the heat? Good ways to manage it? What are the causes of heat problems? What can we do about them?
…It’s well known that, at some point, we all will get slower as we age. Even for non-competitive runners or non-runners at all, we all know we will lose fitness as we age.
But why does this happen? What is the mechanism that makes it happen? If we know this, maybe we can do something about it.
…Some people say it looks like Eliud Kipchoge is a “happy” runner. He seems to be smiling when he races, sometimes even when most of us would be grimacing. I can think of other runners who were similar. It at least looked like they were smiling, even during very difficult points in races.
Is Kipchoge really smiling? Somewhere along the line, I recall reading that he says he does intentionally smile because it helps him run better. Is he on to something?
…Before getting into the usual monthly recap, I just wanted to encourage you to fill out the 2023 HillRunner.com Visitors survey. It’s quick, simple, straightforward and will help me determine where my efforts are best spent in order to maximize your benefit.
With that, on to the usual monthly recap.
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