All things training. Mostly advice and tips but maybe questions, general comments, or who knows what else.
I mentioned when posting about watching Instagram workouts that I’d write this week about recording these workouts.
To be honest, I want to say just don’t do it. However, I know there are people who want to do this. I also know there are cases where, if you’re a member of a team, you may not get to decide whether or not you are part of a recording.
…Have you seen workouts on social media and thought “wow, that’s a great workout, I should try it”? Or watched one and thought “I’m not working hard enough”?
I’ve been watching recently how common this occurrence is. From “adult onset” runners who haven’t had the opportunity to have a good coach teach them how to build a training plan to younger runners who haven’t yet learned the lessons to people close to runners who want to see the best for their runners and think the answer is what they see on social media.
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Last week, I ran a little over 74 miles. That makes 2023 the 30th consecutive year that I’ve had at least one week of 70 or more miles.
Especially for someone who doesn’t like the idea of chasing numbers, why does this matter?
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This winter has been interesting. It kind of feels like an interval workout. Short bursts of intense winter with rest periods of quite mild weather.
However, those short bursts of intense winter weather have probably affected your training to some extent. Also, at least here in Wisconsin, we can rest assured that winter isn’t done with us yet.
When winter is done with you or when you get a break in winter like we’ve received at least a couple times here in Wisconsin, I’d like to encourage you to not get too carried away right away.
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It’s gotten COLD here in Wisconsin this week. We had a mostly mild winter going but things changed quickly and drastically.
Have you been struggling with the cold? Trouble breathing? Here are some thoughts on what that might mean and what you can do about it.
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