I’d been gunning to go for the sub-3 hour marathon again ever since my race the year prior where I finished 3:00:28. After skipping the spring season with a knee injury, I was back again a year later attempting the distance and primed and ready! As far as marathon build-ups Read more…
Runners have a lot on their training plates. A runner who is trying to improve their performance will consider several tools in their training toolbox. Which tool is most important? Mileage, nutrition, drills, strength training, specific workouts, the list goes on. Every independent article we read can make it sound Read more…
A growth mindset is a belief that your ability is something that can change. You can develop it. The opposite of a growth mindset is a fixed mindset, which views ability as something that is unchangeable. “I either have it or I don’t” says the person with the fixed mindset. Read more…
“The most important thing is how a guy prepares himself to do battle.” – Hank Aaron. Let’s talk about what happens right before the action – the warm-up! For some, warming up is simply an afterthought. For others, it’s downright ignored. And for a select few, it’s borderline obsessive compulsive! Read more…
Runners, like most people, like absolutes! We want to know that something works (or doesn’t work) and it works (or doesn’t work) 100% of the time. And this strategy works well for us with obvious workout enhancers like sleep and nutrition. More sleep, for example, is always better than less Read more…
Author Art Williams wrote a book called, “All You Can Do is All You Can Do, But All You Can Do is Enough!” It is this message that I hope to get across, whether directly or indirectly, to every runner I coach. I want to first highlight the lifestyle of Read more…
“The hardest war to win is one you don’t even realize you are fighting, and the hardest enemy to defeat is the one you don’t even know exists. Every day you are at war with resistance.” – Matthew Kelly, “Resisting Happiness” Lately, I’ve been tapping into the parts of my Read more…
Anyone can set a goal. A goal to lose weight. A goal to set a new personal best. Perhaps, a goal to get ahead in your career. This goal-setting process is enjoyable and easy to do. We imagine how great it would be to attain this goal and how awesome Read more…
We’ve all been there. Am I training hard enough? Am I training TOO hard? Should I be feeling this tired? Should I train through this or take a break? It’s one of the most difficult balances in running: Training hard enough to maximize your fitness and ability, but not training so Read more…
Gaining fitness is a full-time job whether you’re a professional athlete or not. It’s not something to clock in and out of and expect to see results. I’m NOT saying one must workout constantly every day and make endless sacrifices to improve fitness. What AM I saying? Having a constant Read more…