Do Long Miles at Low Heart Rate Build a “Better Engine”?

Here’s a summary of a question from Chris D.: I overhear an accomplished triathlete (HI Ironman) giving advice to people who want to run a marathon to spend months running below a certain heart rate to “build a big engine”.  “It’s all about aerobic capacity.”  He states you will get faster and faster at that [...]

PF Chang’s Rock’n'Roll Marathon - A View from the Front

Coach Joe and I had a real treat riding in the lead media truck for the women’s race. It was dominated by Adenech Zekirios from Ethiopia who broke her own course record in 2:31:33. Joe did a great job passing along the play-by-play of the race. But, I want to share other observations.
From the start [...]

The Boston Illusion

[Dateline: Phoenix-Boston April 2005]
It’s only a long run. Ok, very long run considering my longest has been 15 miles (once) and a few 13 milers. Is it a new training approach or just malaise about going on “a long run.” I don’t know.
Lahcen and I planned on this run since last summer. Last Spring neither [...]

Forced Blog Name Change

As I moved along blissfully in my little runner’s world little did I know how far reaching some of the things I write go. On Friday afternoon I recieved a call from two gentlemen from Rodale Press. It was 3:00 pm; 6:00 pm Eastern time so it must have been important working overtime on a Friday [...]

Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim

I wanted to share with you an account of a running of the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim. It constitutes starting at the South Rim descending through Phantom Ranch and up the to the North Rim and then returning all in one run. This account comes from Duane - one of my runners out of Mesa, AZ. [...]