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 …
Archives for April 2010
Skip the Monthly Membership: Home Gym Exercises Made Easy
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 …
Training Journal: March 15 – 28, 2010
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 …
How to Avoid Injury: Know Your Limitations When You’re Making Bad Decisions
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 …
Can You Race a Fast 5k With Little Training?
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 …
Jason is a 2:39 marathoner, USATF-
