Archive for the ‘Philosophical’ Category
No Shortcuts, No Secrets to Running Fast
I try to avoid reading the letsrun.com discussion boards because there is so much distasteful humor and contentious drivel. But I was browsing a thread recently and thought one response was very insightful (and funny), despite its deeply sarcastic tone.
One person stated his/her belief that the East African runners are so much better than the [...]
Can Running Be a Bad Thing?
In this post, I discussed my reasons for running. However, as with any good thing, I don’t want to take it to an extreme and have it be a negative factor in my life. How does one know when they’ve reached that point? Below are some ideas.
You run more and/or harder than your body can [...]
Start a Running Streak!
One of my training strategies that has been most helpful is to run in streaks. That sounds kind of funny. What I mean is that I commit to myself that I will run on certain days of the week—no matter what. I also commit to running a minimum distance on each of those days. In [...]
Why Do I Run?
Running was a huge passion for me in high school. People, including my parents, wondered how I could spend so much time running and actually enjoy it. I didn’t really have a good answer at the time. Looking back, I realize that I loved having tangible goals, working hard at them, and achieving many of [...]
Big Guys Can Run Fast, Too
Last Saturday night I stayed up late and watched an incredible race that was broadcast over at flotrack.org. It was the 10,000 meter men’s race at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford University. It had some of the greatest American distance runners in the race, and they (or at least one of them, Galen Rupp) [...]
If You Want to Run Fast, Train Fast
Emil Zatopek, who won the 5000 meters, 10000 meters, and marathon in the 1952 Olympics, apparently said, “Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast. Everyone said: ‘You are a fool!’ But when I first won the European Championship, they said: ‘You are [...]