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“It’s great that you’re running but you know it’s bad for your knees right?” If runners worldwide had a dollar for every time they heard that we could band together and solve world hunger! In fact I might start collecting and become the voice of the movement. But is running bad for your knees what... Continue Reading →
Should you train by your heart rate, your speed or by calories burned? I even start getting overwhelmed just thinking about how that all works. Honestly looking into the options and all the rules for those options is really overwhelming. Heart rate training is popular but it keeps you really tied to your tech. Checking... Continue Reading →
Maybe 2020 was just a prolonged case of the post race blues for athletes or maybe it was it’s own special thing. Either way the post race blues are real even if it’s a pretty good problem to have. After my first few races I definitely had a case of the blues but I don’t... Continue Reading →
We’re diving into the deep existential big running questions this week. Can you count you time if... type questions. If you did this thing during your run does your PR count? You know the important stuff. You see this sort of thing pop up sometimes and you might think aren’t we splitting hairs here? In... Continue Reading →
There’s a saying among runners “never trust the first mile” or in my case two. It’s not usually a neutral mile either it usually just sucks and sucks hard. Here’s a secret runners aren’t telling you unlike most things in life this doesn’t get better but so far it hasn’t gotten worse either. It’s funny... Continue Reading →
We’re coming into a season that is really hard for me in terms of my running performance. The cold always seems to zap my speed. So I thought that this would be a good time to write about how you can expect different weather to affect your run. That said every runner can expect these... Continue Reading →
Last week we talked about why the second time you train for a race is totally different than the first time. But today we’re here to talk about that first time you decide to tackle a given distance. I know that if you’re thinking about it and willing to put in the work you can... Continue Reading →
This will be the second in a two part series where next week we’ll talk about what you should expect the first time you train for an event. You might think that the order should be reversed but I’m weird like that. So stay tuned until next week to find out what the first time... Continue Reading →
I’m Canadian and everyone knows that it is cold and it snows a lot here. Actually that’s true in some places but not so much in others. I’m in one of those medium places. That said you know how people say “but it’s a dry cold”, while here it is always, always a damp cold.... Continue Reading →
Tis' a weird time to be a runner isn’t it? It turns out it really is going to be a whole year without racing. Our favorite family reindeer run is canceled this year too. Sad face. Personally I took the summer to focus on other things like work and growing a new business which went... Continue Reading →
