Would you like an advantage typically reserved for the best runners in the world? How much faster could you be if you used this advantage to its full potential?
That advantage is the foresight to create an annual running …
…If there’s one exercise that’s perfect for runners, it’s the squat. But should we squat only one way? Can we use different types of squats to get even stronger?
In high school, our track team rarely went to the …
…Throughout history, humans have doubted their own abilities. For some reason, we love self-imposed limitations…
Everest: the top of the world
In the 1940’s, running a mile under four minutes was considered by many scientists to be impossible.
Today, …
…Fartlek training is a versatile, powerful, and silly-sounding way to run fast workouts. And fartleks can be done by anybody – virtually anywhere.
An accurate depiction of fartlek training
In high school, I thought I was a “tough” runner. …
…Running motivation: sometimes you have it, sometimes you don’t. But can you create it out of thin air?
Fast runners know that motivation can be engineered. It can be supported, built, and expanded. You don’t have to just “hope” …
…There’s no shortage of nutrition advice on the web. In fact, even Amazon hosts over 70,000 cookbooks!
I find that staggering. Is eating – such a basic human need – really this complex?
Whatever happened to Michael Pollan’s …
…If you run and one of your top goals is injury prevention, you are one smart runner (injuries afflict up to 75% of runners every single year!).
Most of us don’t have six hours per day to dedicate to running. Though if we did, I’m sure we’d all love that freedom!
But in reality, we have to make time and shuffle our schedules to accommodate all …
…The topic of “getting faster” is compelling because there are so many options of accomplishing this goal! They’re nearly endless…
Of course, because the available strategies for increasing your speed are mostly limited by your imagination, it’s a really …
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