All things training. Mostly advice and tips but maybe questions, general comments, or who knows what else.
“Second is the first loser.”
It’s a common saying in sports. You hear it during playoff time in the major sports a lot. You sometimes hear it at races. Essentially, it’s all over the place.
The problem? It’s not true. If it were, we’d all be losers far more often than not.
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As many of you surely know, I’m not a fan of diet fads.
Do you know what I am a fan of? Vitamin D (when you don’t get enough sun, as we in Wisconsin tend to fall short on in the winter) and training by feel.
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Last week, my daughter was generous enough to share a cold with me. At the same time, I heard from two runners I coach. One was battling what sounded like a pretty bad cold and the other was dealing with the flu.
It’s that time of the year again. People are getting ill and training is getting interrupted.
How significant should the interruption of your training be if you get ill? Well, it depends.
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“If you’ve never failed, you’re not trying.”
There is some truth to that quote. If we’re really trying to push our limits, then sometimes we will hit our limits and we will have a bad experience. If you’ve never had a bad race, how close are you to your limits?
What do we do when we have a bad race, though? How should we respond?
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Do you identify with a brand? Do you always buy the same brand, maybe even the same model, of shoes? If so, I’d like you to consider breaking this habit.
Why?
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