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Run Faster Links of the Week - January 20, 2008
2008-01-20 16:06:00 This week’s links will show you how yoga and core training can improve your running. That reminds me, I need to fit some more of each into my schedule. Improve Your Core Strength - ‘Plank’ workout from RunningPlanet.com. I do basic planks at least once a week, and I’m going to start adding in their ... More About: Links , January , Week , 2008
Get Off the Couch - 5 Ways to Find Some Motivation
2008-01-16 19:33:00 Winter’s here - at least in the northern hemisphere. Soon, (almost) everyone’s New Year’s resolution fervor will have died down, and many will have a hard time finding the will to run. If you find yourself feeling the winter blues, here are some ideas to help you get off the couch. 1. Enter a race Preferably a ... More About: Motivation , Find , Couch
Run Faster Links of the Week - January 13, 2008
2008-01-13 16:00:00 This week I have a couple of ‘tip’ links for you, along with some news. Top 10 Ways to Increase Your Stride Length - Some good form tips here. I’ve been working on #8 quite a bit (Do Dynamic Stretching). Bring Balance to Your Life - Tips from Joe Henderson on how to balance running with the ... More About: Links , January , Week , 2008 , Aster
Half Marathon Training Plan Update
2008-01-10 16:00:00 I thought I’d take some time this week to review how my half marathon training is going. As you may remember from this post, I’m following the level 2 plan in Matt Fitzgerald’s book, Brain Training For Runners. I’ve just started week 8 of the plan, which means I’ve finished the six-week base training phase, ... More About: Marathon , Update , Plan , Half
Run Faster Links of the Week - January 6, 2008
2008-01-06 14:00:00 Okay, no real theme here this week - #1 was just odd, #2, #3 and #4 were motivational, and #5 makes me look forward to running NYC in 2008 : Alka-Seltzer Makes You Faster? - Interesting, but I’m probably not going to be trying this any time soon! 101 Kicks in the Butt - Motivational tips from Runner’s ... More About: Links , January , Week , January 6
Run Like a Pro: Kara Goucher
2007-12-31 08:09:00 Kara Goucher, #203, in the 2007 Great North Run By Conor Lawless via Flickr For those of you not familiar with her, Kara Goucher is an outstanding American middle and long-distance runner who has excelled at distances ranging from the 1500 meters to the half marathon. In her college days ... More About: Kara
Run Faster Links of the Week - December 30, 2007
2007-12-30 18:50:00 This week I have two marathon-related links for you and one informational link on a recent health study…enjoy! Marathon Mania - The Marathon Mania page on Active.com has a lot of good information about training for and recovering from a marathon. Marathons You Should Do In 2008 - Runner’s World’s top 10 list of the best newer ... More About: Links , Week , December , Aster
Log Your Runs
2007-12-29 05:16:00 Why should you keep a training log of your runs? There are many reasons: To help you set and meet your running goals To have a record you can refer back to so you can see where you went wrong (or right!) with your training As a journal of the routes you like to run and the races ... More About: Runs
Run Faster Links of the Week - December 23, 2007
2007-12-23 16:22:00 Here are this week’s ‘links of the week’ - I thought the last link was particularly odd/interesting: Become a Better Runner in Your Sleep - Discusses how dream recall and lucid dreaming can help your running performance. Running Planet’s Top 10 U.S. Marathons - Is your favorite on the list? Tempo Runs Done Right - 4 ways to ... More About: Links , Week , December , Aster
Product Review: Building a Better Runner (DVD)
2007-12-22 03:58:00 RunningDVDs.com has just released their first video: Building a Better Runner : Building from the Ground Up. I was fortunate enough to receive a review copy a few days ago from Jay Johnson, the middle distance coach at the University of Colorado, who is one of the creators of the DVD. Building a Better Runner: Building from ... More About: Product Review , Review , Product
Links of the Week - December 16, 2007
2007-12-16 20:42:00 I’ve decided to try out a new feature on Run Faster - a ‘links of the week’ post. The idea is that every week (or so) I’ll write a post highlighting my favorite blog posts, sites, etc. of the past week. Here’s the list for this week: Be a Smarter Eater - food subsitutions you can ... More About: Links , Week , December
The New York Marathon
2007-12-06 06:08:00 As I probably have mentioned, I’m planning to run the New York Marathon in 2008. Although I have a long time to train, and I’ve already started training for a spring half marathon, I’m a little bit nervous about the time and effort required to train, considering I haven’t run a marathon for over 10 ... More About: New-York , New York Marathon
Winter Running Gear Part 2
2007-12-01 23:53:00 In my last post (Winter Running Gear Part 1) I talked a little bit about screw shoes, Yaktrax, and other accessories to help keep you from slipping when running on snowy and icy surfaces. I’ve since done a little more searching and found out about a couple more options: Grip-ons - ice and now traction cleats you wear over your shoes (much like STABILicers) Get-A-Grip - a similar product to Grip-ons and STABILicers, but looks a little flimsy to me Anyone used either of these products? I also wanted to mention to those of you that may not have read the comments on the last post that davegill55 from The MS Runner wrote to say that he has worn the Yaktrax and he thinks that “they work real well on hard packed snow, but not so great on ice.” Thanks for the comment, Dave! While searching for alternatives to screw shoes, I came across a running shoe meant specifically for running on snow and ice - Icebugs. Icebugs come in several models, most of which seem to feature c...
Winter Running Gear Part 1
2007-11-27 04:51:00 If you live in a cold climate but still like to run outside in the winter, you’ll need to make sure you have the right clothes and equipment to get through your runs safely. So, I’m going to write a series of short articles on some of the gear I recommend. Let’s start with the ... More About: Running , Winter , Gear , Part
Starting a New Half Marathon Training Plan
2007-11-20 04:44:00 Today I started training for my next half marathon, which I think is going to be either the Platte River Half Marathon (probably in early April, although there’s no date listed on the website yet) or the Colfax Half Marathon on May 18, 2008. For the past couple of years, I’ve been following the FIRST ... More About: Training , Plan , TRAI
The Runner?s High and Health Benefits
2007-11-17 06:05:00 According to a recently released University of Iowa study, Opioids, the body’s chemicals that create the “runner’s high,” may help save the heart from heart attack damage. - Source: WebMD In the study, one group of rats ran on a treadmill for 5 days, and a control group lounged around on another treadmill during the same period. ... More About: Health , Runner , High , Benefits , Heal
Try some ?speedwork in disguise?
2007-11-13 04:01:00 Hills are speedwork in disguise. - 1972 Olympic Marathon gold medalist Frank Shorter Why should you incorporate hills into your training schedule? Well, just look at the potential benefits: Hill training increases your stride length and stride frequency, both of which make you run faster Hill training increases your stamina so you’ll be able to run farther ... More About: Some
Nova: Marathon Challenge
2007-11-07 05:38:00 Because I’m generally willing to watch almost any show that talks about running, I made time in my schedule last week to watch the PBS NOVA program Marathon Challenge . While the program definitely had some shortcomings, overall, I thought it was well worth spending an hour of my time on. NOVA selected 12 people from hundreds ... More About: News , Nova , Halle
Men?s Olympic Marathon Trials
2007-11-03 16:46:00 Ryan Hall won the U.S. Marathon Trials today in New York, with a time of 2:09:02. Tragically, Ryan Shay died during the event. More marathon coverage is available at NBC Sports. More About: News , Olympic
Increase Your Stride Rate
2007-10-30 04:02:00 Physics dictates that there are only two ways (or 3 ways, if you combine the two) to run faster: Increasing your stride rate (also known as leg turnover) Increasing your stride length According to this article in Running Times, elite runners have a stride rate of about 180 steps per minute, while recreational runners take about 165-175 ... More About: Technique , Rate
Coming Back from a Layoff
2007-10-26 05:11:00 I don’t think I’ve mentioned this in a post, but I ended up missing my scheduled goal race - the Denver Half-Marathon - because of a death in the family. As much as I love to train and race, family matters will always take priority with me. All-in-all, I ended up missing about two weeks of ... More About: Back
Should you run with or without headphones?
2007-10-23 03:21:00 I never used to run with headphones, primarily for safety reasons. Then I bought an iPod Nano, and that all changed. I ran with it almost all the time, except during track workouts. In fact, most of my long runs this summer and last were with my Nano and headphones. Running with music is great, sometimes. ... More About: Headphones , Headphone
The Perfect Taper?
2007-10-05 00:44:00 There are now less than 2 weeks to go before my target race - the Denver Marathon’s Half-Marathon. It’s time for tapering. So, how am I tapering? My schedule calls for about 17 miles this week, down from a high of about 25. There are 3 quality workouts (as per normal under the FIRST program) - ... More About: Perfect
Predicting Your Race Times
2007-09-29 23:19:00 My original goal for my upcoming half-marathon (the Denver Half-Marathon), was to beat the PR I ran last year at the Boulder Backroads, which was 1:49:19. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m following the FIRST (Furman Institute of Running and Scientific Training) training plan, which has me trying to run my long runs, depending on ... More About: Race , Times , Predict
Should you run when you are sick? Three questions to help you decide.
2007-09-25 14:51:00 Standard disclaimer: I am not a doctor, nor do I pretend to be one anywhere. The following is not intended as medical advice. Always consult your doctor if you have questions about your specific illness or circumstances. The advice I’ve heard about running while sick is: If your symptoms are ‘above the neck’ (i.e. stuffy nose, headache, ... More About: Questions , Sick
Train Your Brain to Run Faster
2007-09-18 03:48:00 Although I’ve never really done this in a systematic way, I’m a great believer in using the power of the mind to improve your running performance. Some of the tricks that I’ve found effective are: Telling myself that ‘I love hills’ when my initial reaction on seeing one is something more akin to dread Pretending I’ve got ... More About: Train , Brain , TRAI , Aster
Run-Walk-Run Revisited
2007-09-13 06:47:00 Another well-respected runner has come out as a defender of Galloway’s run-walk-run method - 1957 Boston Marathon Winner and current Executive Editor of Runner’s World, Amby Burfoot (source: Wikipedia). In a recent article in Runner’s World, Amby Burfoot talks about how he has successfully used the run-walk-run method to run four marathons, with times from ... More About: Technique , Walk
New Feature: Upcoming Races
More articles from this author:2007-09-10 00:03:00 I just launched a new feature - an Upcoming Races page. You’ll see a link for it under the ‘Store’ link at the top right of the page. Right now, I’m just planning to list events that include a half-marathon. Hope you enjoy it…let me know what you think. Update: Changed the name of the page to ... More About: Feature 1, 2 |
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