Archive for March, 2010
I Survived the Buffalo Run 50 Miler!
Today I ran the Buffalo Run 50 miler on Antelope Island, which is on the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The race started at 6 AM, so I had to get up at 3:30 AM. Along the way, I picked up my new friend, Matthew Ricks (he goes by the nickname “Twinkies”), who was also [...]
I’m Running 50 Miles Tomorrow
When I was a Boy Scout, they used to do something called the 50/20. The goal was to travel 50 miles in 20 hours by foot. I thought that would be the most amazing accomplishment, but I never had a chance to do one. I only heard about them, and they fascinated me. Ever since [...]
Roger Bannister’s Training
“In his 1955 memoir, The Four-Minute Mile, Roger Bannister recalls running on the beach as a child. ‘no longer conscious of my movement I discovered a new unity with nature. I had found a new source of power and beauty, a source I never dreamt existed.’
“Sounds touchy-feely, but Bannister was not a process man. He [...]
Every Runner Should Read This Book on Eating
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In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (Paperback)
By (author) Michael Pollan
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Release date April 28, 2009.
I just finished an incredible book called In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. The author, Michael Pollan, takes a cultural/historical approach to recommending what we should or shouldn’t eat. In [...]
What Does It Mean For Runners to Do a Tempo Workout?
A so-called “tempo workout” is when runners get their bodies used to running at a fast “tempo.” Or in other words, they try to get themselves used to the kind of pace they will need to run in a race. This doesn’t mean all tempo workouts are run at your goal race pace. They could [...]
What Does It Mean for Runners To Do a Fartlek Workout?
My high school coach used to refer to a particular type of workout as a “fartlek.” This odd name refers to a type of interval workout that is somewhat informal and involves “speed play” (apparently, the Swedish translation).
A fartlek can be many different things, but the way we did it was the following. About 6-8 [...]
What Does It Mean for Runners to Do an Interval Workout?
In running, an interval is a period of rest in between periods of fast running. To do an interval workout, you run hard for awhile, run easy for awhile (an interval), run hard again, run easy again, etc. That’s the general idea. The details are only limited by your imagination.
Interval workouts can be valuable for [...]
Is Treadmill Running as Effective as Outside Running?
There’s a New York Times article that came out recently asking this very question. As with most popular media content, it’s a very simplistic analysis. They cite a research study stating that running on a treadmill can be as much as 11.5% easier for the same effort as running outside. They say this is attributable [...]