After i wrote the last two I thought about some things I should go over. Some Thoughts: About "Lifting Weights": It's called STRENGTH training.... Too many runners do stuff like this: thinking that it's useful... It's not..... It's stupid and worthless and might be making you slower. If you're training for marathons you probably don't have time and energy to waste on worthless exercises. Strength is about FORCE PRODUCTION and nothing else. This guy wins over all of your self-proclaimed running Yoda's. F=MA...it really is that simple. Make a muscle that is capable of producing and absorbing more force. Things like squats, lunges, deadlifts, … [Read more...]
26.2 in the Books…..Now What? Part 2
October 18, 2012 by
You just ran.... A lot... Like 26 miles worth. The worst thing you can do is go run some more. A much better and sustainable approach is to fix your body up, recover and strengthen weak points before training for more self torture another marathon. If you haven't, read THIS first...then come right back. Week 4: NO, you still can't run.... Yes, you've probably lost some aerobic endurance....don't worry, it'll come back. In reality the training residuals from the marathon training are still strong so there is a chance you've lost nothing at all. If you've been doing what you're supposed to your body should be at least in the process of … [Read more...]
26 in the Books….. Now What? Part 1
October 16, 2012 by
Take a Break...... Seriously do (almost) nothing... Last Saturday was the Baltimore Running Festival....known to most of us as the Baltimore Marathon and a LOT of people participated in some form. If you're already a runner or in pretty good shape and just did a leg of the team relay you're OK to get back to training, but if you did the half or whole marathon you should do yourself a favor and take some downtime. I know runners don't like to hear that because they live in some irrational, fear- based alternate universe (don't we all) where after 6 months of intensive training, taking the next 4 weeks off from running, notice I said "running" NOT all activity, … [Read more...]
