Here’s how to plan your marathons and ultramarathons for the year: Schedule 1 - 4 ‘A' race events Allow 12 weeks between major events Maybe use training races as long runs? max 1 per month Have an off-season Here’s a spreadsheet that you can use as a template. Having the visual helps me plan my … Continue reading 732. How to plan your marathon and ultramarathon races for the year
Tag: running
731. The impossible list
It’s like a bucket list, it just gives the opportunity for an ever-evolving type of list with events & experiences that can build upon each other. It’s changed my life, check it out.
726. a riff off yesterday
The point of movement We move to get stronger, to get better, To mentally clear our minds Being in the present moment I signed up for the gym a two weeks ago… Back when I first started my fitness journey, I was in the gym throwing weights and body weight around everyday When I started … Continue reading 726. a riff off yesterday
725. why workout?
Why workout? Aka move? Why? We’re going to die anyway… I mean, that’s one way to look at it. Another? Our body is a temple. The vessel that gives us life. Without our body what would we be? Maybe that’d be better for some people. But for people like us, we cherish this life. So … Continue reading 725. why workout?
724. eastern states 100
Eastern states 100 mile ultra marathon Just signed up. Looking forward to it. Going to be running it with a few people I know, most of us ran the buckeye 200 together. Coach Pete trained us too. The students and the teacher, just like buckeye - are all going after the finish of eastern states … Continue reading 724. eastern states 100
723. 7-minute fitness challenge
Hang for 7 minutes per day throughout the day, 30 seconds here, 30 seconds there, and it all adds up to 7 minutes. We need to hang from something Yes, hang. Put our hands on a bar, a ledge, a branch, and hang from it. Actively, with our shoulders engaged passively, with our shoulders disengaged … Continue reading 723. 7-minute fitness challenge
722. stay committed to the craft not the outcome
Maslow argued that: “In practically every human being…there is an active will toward health, an impulse toward growth, or toward the actualization of human potentialities….” Can you relate? “But at once we are confronted with the very saddening realization that so few people make it…even in a society like ours which is relatively one of … Continue reading 722. stay committed to the craft not the outcome
721. Weekly workout plans
Do you have one? It helps. Because it’s a lot easier to do things when we plan on doing them. Monday I’m doing this, Tuesday that, etc. I work out at 9 am on these days Sit down every Sunday - or whatever works for you and map out what you're doing each day of … Continue reading 721. Weekly workout plans
714. 200 mile race reflections
I’d do it again It hurt, but I loved every second I’ve grown, by not taking things as personal. By being lighter. Ill try to carry this with me as the high wears away. Visualize race day everyday, the highs, lows, the finish- this helped because I played the scene in my mind hundreds of … Continue reading 714. 200 mile race reflections
713. 5 beginner running tips | 5 tips I wish I knew
If I could go back and tell myself ONE THING when I first got started with running, it would be to slow down. Waay down. To take notice of how fast I am moving, my breath, and my form. And very slowly I would start to increase my pace as the days ticked by. Not … Continue reading 713. 5 beginner running tips | 5 tips I wish I knew
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