All things training. Mostly advice and tips but maybe questions, general comments, or who knows what else.
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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Consistency pays big dividends.
Don’t tell this to social media influencers but that’s the only absolute I can think of off the top of my head in the running world.
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Most people, runners and otherwise, think of talent as one thing: the natural ability to run fast.
While this is definitely a talent, I believe there are other talents that make runners who they are.
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When you’re in hard training, do you ever get to the point where you’re just dragging? You’re dead tired and nothing you do can get you feeling good again?
While sometimes we need to work through fatigue in order to come out the other end stronger, we also need to be careful to not get too deep into this fatigue tunnel. This is why I believe most runners would benefit from cutback weeks.
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Do this one simple thing and you’ll run 30 seconds per mile faster, be guaranteed to not get injured and lose weight in the process!
It’s all over social media. Hacks to lose weight, hacks to run faster or injury free, hacks to do anything you want at levels that seem impossible.
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