Spring is closing in, and you may have noticed that the winds are starting to pick up. On average Spring is the windiest season of the year, with April generally being the windiest month of the year.
As a runner it’s important to know how the elements affect your performance. Even when a wind [...]

In 2007, my weekly training consisted of a long run, intermediate runs, and one interval session. I was forgetting about the all important lactate-threshold (LT) training run.
LT essentially decides what pace you maintain in a race. As you start to run, and speed up, lactate starts to form in your muscles and your [...]

I ran
Grandma’s Marathon in 2007. Duluth is a small town and Grandma’s is a popular marathon, thus lodging filled up quickly. The hotels literally book up before registration even begins, often a year in advance, thus the only option that I had in ‘07 was to stay at the University of Duluth [...]

Today I registered for the
Bolder Boulder 10k, Memorial Day weekend. I get a kick out of how many options they give you. Take a look at the registration choices:
Prices through May 11:
$40 T-shirt Package (available in men’s and women’s styles)
$45 Long Sleeve T-shirt Package (available in unisex only)
$50 Adidas Tech T Package [...]

I’ve been running competitively since I was 14, and for the last 15 years I never understood the point of running intervals.
Let me explain, I knew that intervals would make you faster, but I never understood the point of the work out, not from a scientific stand point. Part of this came from poor [...]

If you’re like most runners, you’ve probably asked yourself why don’t the major marathons raise their entrance fee. Ok, you’ve never said that, if anything you’ve complained about the escalating entry fees for road races. Now I’m going to tell you why the major marathons should raise their entry fees.
The
New York City [...]

Runner’s World Shoe Guide
I bet you couldn’t wait for Runner’s World to do their ‘08 Spring Shoe Guide. After all, they are reviewing twenty-seven new shoes and putting them through a “rigorous testing system”. The test is conducted at the “RW Shoe Lab” where RW states that they “punish hundreds of shoes to [...]

Pearl Izumi Ad
Click on “The Book.”
I was surprised when Pearl Izumi came out with their “We are not Joggers” ad campaign, I was even more surprised when they didn’t cave in to the masses who criticized their ad campaign. Check out the Runner’s World message board and you will see this advertisement heavily critiqued. [...]

Have you ever noticed that when an Elite Marathon Runner is having a bad day, they will just quit, pull of the course and call it day? The Elite realizes that even though they have ran 16 miles, with only 10 to go, that the 16 represents a sunk cost.
I ran
Grandma’s Marathon last [...]

Running in High School and in College, I never thought about the effect my weight had on my running. Yes, I knew being obese would make me slow, but I didn’t realize how much time one could save on race day, just by being a few pounds lighter.
It wasn’t until I read the fantastic book [...]