“Pretty much anything Mark Twight offered up was so difficult in the kind of way where you wish you had never been born – and even more than that, wished he had never been born.” – Gerard Butler, King Leonidas In 2007, an epic movie was released in theaters called 300 that chronicled an outnumbered [...]
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Two weeks ago, I set out to run 11 miles with a few 30 second sprints near the end in my old Nike XC spikes. It was supposed to be a standard distance run with some turnover work, but it ended badly with tightness in my IT band at the knee insertion. Luckily, I took [...]
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Running injuries happen for so many reasons – aggressive mileage increases, running too fast on your easy days, poor running form, muscle imbalances, and lack of recovery between hard workouts. Do you notice a theme here? All of these reasons for injury are preventable. What if I told you that you could improve your running [...]
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Have you ever met a successful runner who has only been running for a few months? I have. There are certain people who seem to jump into running and are able to perform at a competitive level. How do they do it? What’s their secret? It’s not actually a secret. These people have a general [...]
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Have you dreamed of effortlessly sprinting through the woods with the warm sun on your back? Or maybe carving your abs out of granite? If you’re looking to get in the best shape of your life, these videos provide the perfect motivation. Each of these videos has inspired me to train harder than ever and [...]
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If you take a poll in most running circles and ask, “What is Christopher McDougall’s book Born to Run about?” you will most likely get the same answer: barefoot running. And it’s simply not true. Questioning our need for bulky motion control trainers is a central theme of his book. McDougall gives this topic a [...]
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There’s no doubt that distance runners need to strengthen their core and properly warm-up for a run. But the days of crunches and pre-run static stretching are over. High school kids, Division I runners, and professional athletes are all spending more time getting ready to run with dynamic warm-ups and core exercises. I used to skip [...]
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Moving the majority of your training to the trails is one of the best decisions you can make. If you run on the roads every day and rarely venture into the trails, you may be missing out on one of the best injury prevention tools that’s available. And the best part is it doesn’t take [...]
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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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Once per week, I head to the gym for a quick lifting session. I believe gym workouts for runners are important, but I don’t think you need to do a lot. Most of the strength benefits can be realized in twenty minutes per week. I perform two sets of the same workout – I rarely [...]
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