Improve Your Pacing Skills
Learning to properly pace yourself during a race is one of the most critical skills a runner can develop. To maximize your potential on race
August 25, 2011
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Learning to properly pace yourself during a race is one of the most critical skills a runner can develop. To maximize your potential on race
Long runs for the marathon are a staple of every training plan – no doubt about it. To prepare optimally for the marathon distance, it’s
Improving your lactate threshold is one of the most efficient ways to train yourself to run faster at any distance over 10k. Luckily for runners,
Lactate threshold is a term than is commonly used in training vernacular, but has most runners more confused than a high school kid in calculus
It’s common for runners to get nervous before their big goal race. Who wouldn’t? You’ve run countless miles, toiled in the hot summer sun, shivered
Most runners know the benefits of the long run when training for the marathon or half marathon distance. However, what most marathoners don’t realize that
As I discussed in one my earlier posts, I believe strongly that to improve your running, you need to train to the specific demands of
The main purpose for many of the workouts on your training schedule are to simulate the specific demands of your race in as many ways
One of the most misunderstood aspects of distance running is the race itself. What most runners don’t realize is that racing is a skill. It’s
This post wraps up my summer long series of marathon and half marathon training and race strategy. If you’ve followed the blog, then you’ve practiced
