Frank Shorter, American distance runner who won the gold medal in the Marathon at the 1972 Olympics, used to say, “Hills are speedwork in disguise.” This is because the muscle groups you use to get up hills are the same ones you use to sprint. Hell, even if I didn’t know about the two activities [...]
Archive for December, 2009
28 Dec
Silence that The Devil on Your Shoulder
I finished Born to Run, a book by Christopher McDougall, a book I think every runner should read – that is, if there are any left out there who haven’t read it yet. Anyhow, I finished the book months ago, yet certain parts of it just keep popping up in my mind. Lately, it’s been [...]
21 Dec
Discombobulation Strikes, Marathon Training Survives
You know that old saying . . . Failure to plan is planning to fail. Well sometimes all the planning is there, things go crazy, and you have to scramble to make things work. Well, major discombobulation struck yesterday and Shauna and I had to do some serious scrambling yesterday. Friday, Shauna and I jumped [...]
17 Dec
Fast Food Sucks
I read recently that McDonalds sales are down. I couldn’t be more happy. The article said that this was due to our economic woes. I don’t really care what the reason is, I’m just thrilled that fewer people are eating that crap. Actually, that’s a lie. I suppose I do care about the reason. My [...]
14 Dec
How I Worked My Way to 10 Pull-Ups
Item number 125 on my Life List: Be able to do 10 full hang pull-ups. Now, that sucker has been on my list for a really long time, an embarrassingly long time. On Tuesday of this last week, I did it!! I can now do 10 consecutive pull-ups. They aren’t exactly beautiful. They aren’t text-book [...]
11 Dec
13 Items This Runner LOVES
I workout like a maniac. I run a lot . . . especially now that I’m training for the LA Marathon. For any other marathoners, runners, or workout fanatics such as myself out there (or even for those who are just beginning their fitness journey), I’ve got some tips and hints for you. I’ve discovered [...]
8 Dec
The New and Improved Marathon Training Plan
Here it is. What you’ve all been waiting for. My marathon training plan with all it’s newest tweakages. The original plan I posted didn’t have Hills, glorious, Hills or the most-beloved Intervals. I used them when training for my half marathon, and loved them ever-so-much so I just had to add them. This is my [...]
7 Dec
No Excuse not to Workout
Well, the weather forecast was right and we’ve got rain falling. It looks like it’s going to hang around all day long. So what do you do when you usually workout outside and it’s all wet out there? Well, as I see it, you’ve got two good alternatives and one crappy one. Crappy alternative: let [...]
4 Dec
Hills and Interval Training – Oh Joy!
What sane person makes their marathon training program harder on purpose? Uhh . . . . let’s see . . . I guess that would be me! I came up with my Marathon Training Schedule by looking at a bunch of different training schedules, picking the one that seemed best for me (regular runner, in [...]
2 Dec
Thrusters and Umpas – Two Great Full-Body Exercises
Now that I’m running 4 days a week for my marathon training, I look at my WOWs in a whole new light. I rarely get to do a day’s scheduled WOW workout without doing at least some tweaking. Since I don’t want to over-train in the running department, I look for a workout that has [...]
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