The Running World According to DeanToday I want to first congratulate the RxRunning & Racing Team for last night’s workout. It was beastly! Which brings me to the workout that I want to share with everyone. I cannot take credit for its creation but I have put my own spins on it with various runners – depending on their strengths [...]
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This question is from one my very special ultramarathoners:
In watching the leaders at my recent 50 miler, I always get amazed at their abilities to run up the hills. I can run up hills and so can everyone else, but nobody runs up those hills. Even most of the front runners walk some of them [...]
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My last post I discussed elite athletes getting injured. I gave examples from the most recent issue of Track & Field News.
In case you thought my list from that previous post was selective or unusual… I decided to to go back and just report the some past issues of injuries… just for fun. Again, it [...]
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So often when a runner is injured or has aches and pains, the comments that follow…
What did I do wrong?
Why me?
Leading to the …
Look at those guys I see run on TV…
They’re so lucky they don’t get injured as much as us “age groupers” or “weekend warriers”…
This has been something I’ve observed for many years. [...]
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What follows is a letter to all. I pass this along because it hits home – as a coach, for sport, and for a runner touched so deeply by a coach. It is just such a person as Ed Thomas that most coaches aspire to be like – to make a difference in people’s lives [...]
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Screw the Goals Give me the Donut is an eBook targeted at runners, triathletes, fitness seekers and the like. It is an ideal tool to use with your club or high school team! These principles are the same whether you are an athlete, a student, a parent or what I call the “corporate athlete.” You [...]
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Building on discussions we had at camp here is a video that further discusses competitive mental game aspects. Coach Joe and I have a discussion about the racing mindset. Every high school cross country runner will learn plenty from this short video – OK maybe even the seasoned road warrior too!
Desert Series Episode 20 – [...]
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We made it! Graduation run – an easy 2 mile run this morning topped off a great week of running, working out and fun.
After a camp lessons review the campers completed their camp evaluation. Their input will help build an even better camp next year. The leave being better prepared and truly a more [...]
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Up early and of to an easy longer run this morning. The temperatures were in the 50s and it was ideal for the run. This was a nice change from the faster and harder workouts to this point. Working the aerobic components of overall conditioning helps lay the foundation for better performances when combined with [...]
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Everyone got to sleep in this morning… a whole 15 minutes. Then after a warm-up run it was off to try out some hill training: quarter mile hill repeats. Of course that wasn’t enough so we also introduced bounding and power running up steep hills.
Today’s discussion hit home with this age group… nutrition. Myths were [...]
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