I’m a pretty thin guy. When I’m doing my normal 60-70 miles per week, my weight fluctuates from 125 – 128 pounds. This was my standard “summer weight” before collegiate cross-country and one of two indicators that I’m in good shape. The other indicator is that my body considers a ten mile run a “recovery [...]
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How many of us know that we should lift and have bought a gym membership in order to do our strength workouts? After a month most people don’t go to the gym enough to make it worth it. The average price of a gym membership is roughly $50 per month and that doesn’t factor in [...]
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These last two weeks were very productive blocks of training. Unfortunately, it did not end well but a slightly premature end to this training cycle is just fine. I had no races lined up and was focusing on aerobic development and strength. Here we go. Monday, 3/15 Lunge Matrix + leg swings, 66 min. + [...]
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In April of 2009 I started running again after about 6 months of inactivity. I had a very bad illiotibial (IT) band injury that flared up about a week after the 2008 NY Marathon. Since resurrecting my running career and learning so much about injury prevention and how to structure a high-quality training program, I [...]
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I get questions all the time from runners and non-runners about how to hit a certain time or race well while only running a few days a week. My favorite question came a few weeks ago: “I want to run a fast 5k but I hate running now. How do I accomplish this with just [...]
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I'm Jason Fitzgerald, a 2:39 marathoner and running coach. I want to help you get faster.
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