If you do enough workouts on the track eventually it can become difficult to come up with new and interesting ideas for what to run (although personally, I believe any time I get to run on the track its fun no matter what the workout is). Therefore, I decided I would post some of my [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Training’
January 6, 2009
Running Resolutions
Have you made any running related New Year’s resolutions for this year, or are you one of those types that doesn’t believe in resolutions? The way I look at it, resolutions are just goals for the year. When it comes to running setting goals is major part of improving. Below are some pointers on setting [...]
November 7, 2008
To Improve Your Performance At Your Goal Race Distance Try Focusing On A Different Race
To be a runner you have to be very determined and focused if you want to get in the necessary training to be your best. However, when it comes to choosing what types of races to run the extremely focused mindset of most runners can some times cause problems. I have noticed that a lot [...]
October 17, 2008
The Ideal Stride
I want to start by saying that in my opinion there is no such thing as an ideal stride that is best for everyone. Individual runners will have to find their own ideal stride. For a good example of this just look at elite runners. Haile Gebereselassie lifts his feet very high off the ground [...]
September 22, 2008
Strides – Safe and Easy Speed Work
It seems that a lot of runners are intimidated by the idea of doing speed work, especially the kind that involves running on a track. I’ve talked to many beginning runners who feel they are not experienced enough to do speed work. As far as the more experienced runners go the most common excuse is [...]
