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So you want to tackle your first race or a new distance, that’s great! Maybe you’ve already completed one but the whole thing seemed like a disorganized mess or you skipped a lot. Almost all of the work for race day and accomplishing your goals is done in training, after that the race is the... Continue Reading →
If you’re a runner you’ve heard about the 10% rule but you’ve probably noticed a lot of plans tell you to break it on the regular. In short it states that you shouldn’t increase your milage more than 10% of what you did last week. The idea is that if you push too hard too... Continue Reading →
This is not sponsored it’s just a rave! After every runner buys sneakers their very next purchase should be road ID. It’s cheap, high quality, lasts a lifetime and might just help save your life. We all buy things we hope we never need, insurance (used the hell out of that already this year), smoke... Continue Reading →
If you’re a hard core weekend warrior you’ve probably noticed a drought in posts directed at you recently. This time of year it’s all how to start, keep motivated and extolling the virtues of getting moving twice a week. But you already know that don’t you, you’re a lean mean exercising machine! You’ve had your... Continue Reading →
You might be mid training plan and feel like you have to get that long run in no matter what. Perhaps this is the day for your 120 km bike ride on the way to your century. But sometimes you should skip it no matter what. However, other times you might really want to skip... Continue Reading →
I was thinking about the people like you reading my blog and the NYC marathon recently and I figured most of my readers are just like me. AKA, not winning, probably no Charlie Sheens here. Almost half of the runners of any race are slower than average by definition yet we’re all still out there.... Continue Reading →
So I was committed, I was totally going to do it, I swear. What really happened is this, they moved the race forward I was going to do, by 3 months. Then I couldn’t get to another one due to a wedding, then it was too late and they were too far away. It was... Continue Reading →
There are so many great things about fitness clothes and gear and we seem to be at a high point of high points in what is released and out there right now. And that means you gotta spend that cash… or does it? It seems as you keep running or progressing there is more stuff... Continue Reading →
Life is funny sometimes. A bad thing turns into a great thing, a great thing turns out to totally derail you or a nothing thing turns out to totally change your life. Two years ago, I got hit with a 1/4 scale gas powered RC car, got 7 stitches in my foot (the first in... Continue Reading →
Three sports, a fancy bike, special shoes, wetsuit and a triathlon suit, adds up right? Well it doesn't have too. Maybe it's because I come from mountain biking where we fix most things with zip ties, because I used to get paid to swim or maybe just because I'm cheap but I'm here to tell... Continue Reading →
Sweat Sweetly 