You’ve been thinking about getting started in trail running but you have questions. How can I avoid common mistakes? What are some tips to get me started? Do I need additional gear? What’s a good mid-run snack? To answer these questions, I reached out to some of my favorite trail runners from Twitter and added …
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In honor of this year’s Barkley Marathons, it seemed like a good time to revisit my ultra running post. I will never be fast enough, fit enough, or tough enough to play in the league of runners that dare to take on this daunting, demanding, and some would say irrational race. (The full, five-loop race …
It’s that time of year when everything is covered with a thin film of yellow or green pollen and athletes with allergies defy a host of symptoms to train for Spring, Summer, and Fall races. Reducing the impact of allergies on your training, like most aspects of endurance sports, is a thinking person’s game. Here …
After a few years of being a runner, cyclist, or triathlete you begin to think about going faster or going longer or both. Sustainability is also important. Most of us really do want to train and race for years or decades to come. How do we avoid physical and mental burnout? Perhaps the best way …
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After a year of being in a box, it’s time to think outside the box. Yes, things look a lot brighter, and we may be on the cusp of going back to our old way of life, preferred workouts, and favorite races. But there may never be a better time to take a look around …
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If there’s anything that darkens an endurance athlete’s attitude and life, it’s racing and training in the rain. Dark, unrelenting rain that brings misery, foreboding, tests your determination, and brings on introspection. The kind of introspection that has you asking yourself why am I out here? As far as race day goes, you race in …
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We all look forward to race day, hoping that our training, hard work, and preparation will bring success whether that is a course PR, a place on the podium, or just a really solid, smooth swim, bike, or run. Unfortunately, sometimes the reality check doesn’t clear, or some weird, awkward scenario plays out. We call …
Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery by Christie Aschwanden covers a baffling array of recovery treatments, supplements, trackers, and devices confronting today’s athletes. Aschwanden has a solid background in both endurance sports (runner, cyclist, skier) and science. Test your athletic recovery knowledge! Take …
At the end of the day, there’s more room at the start line than on the podium. Many of us are completely satisfied to be part of the “herd” that finishes eventually. Pick a number! Which one sounds like you or someone you know? 1. Silently laughing at the out-of-shape guy with the …
The 15 Joys Only Back-of-the-Pack Runners Experience Read More »
The offseason is a great time to throttle back, try new ideas, make gear changes, and address weaknesses. Here are some tips to help you find the mental and physical adjustments that might just make you faster, more efficient, or better able to handle the stress of training and race day. Pickup Some New Skills …
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