Category Archives: Marathon
REVIEW: Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
Let Your Mind Run – a book you gotta get! Continue reading
Running Form Shaming?
It’s a treat for the everyday runner to get the opportunity to watch elite runners in person. It’s not the same watching on TV or online. Their power, grace, determination and talent are ar more inspiring in person. Ever since … Continue reading
Coaches, parents, runners – who needs mental game training more?
I’ve seen a lot over my years of coaching youth runners, directing running camps, working with parents and other coaches. I have indeed seen the proverbial good, the bad and the ugly. In almost every case there is no malice or … Continue reading
I perform well when…
How often do you say something like the following: I do better when I’m the underdog. I do better when I come from behind. I do better when no one expects me to do well. I do better when I … Continue reading
Stop the Presses – This will kill you!
As many of you know I have a hard time joining the bandwagon for fads, poor science and bad research studies/interpretations. Alex Hutchinson writes some pretty good stuff for Runners World. Most recently he wrote about a controversial study that … Continue reading
Running Camp – Can Adults go Too?
Every summer the popular thing to do if you have children is to find camps to send them to. Camps exist for every taste – from cheer, to leadership, to knitting, to soccer to running. But, what about a break … Continue reading
The Secret to Running Faster
Almost every runner who has come to me has as a goal to run faster. If a 50-year-old can break 5:00 in the mile; if a 60-year-old can break 6:00 in the mile; if the person who has only run … Continue reading