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Tag Archives: training
Form focus exercises: Train your brain to run better
Although I’ve been a casual runner most of my adult life, I only started entering races in the summer of 2010. (In fact, it was a dailymile friend, now a real world running buddy, who inspired me to start racing. Don’t you just love that about this place?) I didn’t run in high school or college, so never benefited from the advice of a track coach. Published twenty years ago, Running Injury Free was the only such book I ever … Continue reading
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The Power of Partners
There’s something wonderful to be said about a great run on a beautiful day with nothing but the sound of your feet on the pavement, the sound of breath moving through your lungs, and the feeling of strength behind each foot strike. But let’s be real. How often does that actually happen? Exactly. More often than not, if left to my own devices, which I often am, I’m not going to get my butt out the door without a fight. … Continue reading
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A slump of my own creation.
I’m sitting at my desk staring at the snow that’s pouring from the sky, realizing how badly I don’t want to run later. And how easy it was for me to hit snooze through my entire morning, when I could have been out doing the 8-mile hill workout on my schedule. It’d also be easy for me to blame said snow. But I can’t. Because even if it were 60 degrees with not a cloud in the sky, I still … Continue reading
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Fuel + Fire (#2): Mind Over Matter
When I started up casual jogging in my 20s, I was surprised how hard it was to run more than a couple of miles at a time. When I wanted to increase my distance, my body balked and screamed, “I’m tired and cranky! My [insert various body part] hurts!” Mentioning this to a girlfriend (a steady runner), she suggested, “When you think you can’t run anymore, just keep going…” Can it really be that easy? I gave it a try. … Continue reading
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Most runners are unkind to themselves
Today’s post comes from guest author, Vybarr Cregan-Reid from London, UK. If you’d like to be a guest author, email your ideas or stories to editor@dailymile.com Science has a great deal to tell us about running, there are countlessstudies of foot strike patterns, gait analyses, technical gear that beartestament to this. I am here to tell you that literary studies providessubstantial help, too. I’ve just come in from a very wet 6 mile, zero-droprun (that means in ‘barefoot’ shoes) and … Continue reading
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Am I A Natural Athlete? Can I improve? V02 Max and Lactic Threshold Tests Help Me Find Out!
This past weekend I had the great pleasure of having my first V02 max and lactic threshold tests at Breakaway Bikes, a local bike shop located in downtown Philadelphia. The test was administered by Joseph Wentzell, the owner and a trainer at shop’s training center.
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Ultramarathon training for beginners: Lessons learned from my first ultra
Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find some amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through obstruction. -William James I have to admit I’m no ultramarathon expert—far from it, in fact. I did my first and only ultramarathon last spring—the Ice Age Trail 50, which takes place in the Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest in La Grange, Wisconsin. … Continue reading
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Developing Self-Confidence Through Running: How I Found Myself Out on the Road
I was having a conversation with another dailymiler the other day when I admitted to her “When I was little, I just thought confidence was something you were born with, you either have it or you don’t, and clearly I wasn’t born with it.” I started running in April of 2008. If you ask me why, I couldn’t really tell you. Growing up in Brooklyn, NY I remember watching parts of the NYC Marathon every year and thinking those people … Continue reading
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Smart Goal Setting
I have always been a goal oriented person in just about every aspect of my life. Running and triathlon are great for me because they give me another thing to set goals for. I love pushing myself to see what I am capable of, just like the next guy. However, it always helps to have a road map to help you find your way. Goals are a great motivational tool and I hope that these tips help you set better … Continue reading
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