Training

All things training. Mostly advice and tips but maybe questions, general comments, or who knows what else.

How necessary is winter racing?

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After my recent “Ask me anything” post, I received an email, asking the following:

I’ve been told I need to race over the winter to be ready for my spring races. What do you think of this? It seems like you don’t race much during the winter and you seem to be able to get a good start to the spring. Do you race incognito? I hate racing in the winter!

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Winter running

You CAN run through the winter!

It figures this would be the year I’m late bringing this post back to the top. At least here in Wisconsin, it seems like winter has been here for a while. Still, it’s never too late for those winter running reminders.

As always, the bottom line is that you can safely run through the winter with a few precautions and maybe an occasional exception that might keep you indoors.

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Mix it up

Don’t worry, I’m not in this picture

Recently, I ran a 5K cross country race. It was a very team oriented event and it was my first true cross country race in 15 years that I felt like I could take seriously and focus on being competitive.

This was a ton of fun and something I would encourage everyone to do.

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