Bill Bowerman, legendary University of Oregon Coach, Nike Co-Founder and the man often credited for the running boom of the 1970’s. “Bowerman and the Men of Oregon” is the biography of Bill Bowerman. It’s a good book, albeit a long one at 480 pages.
My main complaint with the book was the length and the [...]

After my most recent
victory some folks have accused me of doping. It’s time to put these rumors to rest. I’ll come clean and tell you my secret, which can be seen in the above picture, it’s Japanese candy.
I have no idea what it says and it doesn’t even taste that [...]

The October 2008 issue of
Running Times has an excerpt from Brad Hudson’s book “Run Faster”, it starts off with this statement:
General running volume - or how much you run - is the most basic parameter of running.
So you have a choice between two hot running books. One is written by the Coach of [...]

A great week of training. I hit 70 miles for the week, only the second time in my life that I have ever run 70 miles in a week and 70 miles in a week is my highest weekly total ever.
8/18 -7.1 Miles
8/19 - 8 Miles
8/20 - 13 Miles @ 7:17 Pace, Avg. Heart [...]

Results
here
The last time I won a race was in 1996, I was a senior in High School, running the 3,200 Meters on the track. Today, I took the victory in the 10k. Hey, you take your wins when you can get them, even if it’s a small town race, it’s pretty cool.
My [...]

Hurry, rush out right now and buy Gu Roctane! You need this product, it will do amazing things.
Roctane contains the original GU formula of simple and complex carbohydrates with antioxidants; plus, it enhances performance with histidine, citrates and branched amino acids
How were you ever able to do your long runs without histidine, citrates and [...]

I’m going to race the
St. Peter’s Fall Festival 5k & 10k in Monument, Colorado, on Saturday. Last year they had 250 runners, so a relatively small race, but it will be good to race a 10k to see where my conditioning is currently at and the 10k will better prepare me from a [...]

The progression in mileage continues. I’ve decided that I am going to peak at 75mpw and hope to have three weeks of 70+ miles.
Here is the breakdown:
8/11 - 5 Miles
8/12 - 4 Mile Tempo Run @ 6:37, Avg Heart Rate 173, 7 Miles Total
8/13 - 13 Miles, 8:10 Pace, Avg. Heart Rate 152
8/14 [...]

Results are
here
I awoke this morning to rain on the windows and cool fall like weather. I had to pump myself up to head outside in the rain, but it was a light/moderate shower, similar to the conditions of the Denver Marathon last year. Today, I raced the
Fit to Fight 5k.
The race [...]

The
Pikes Peak Marathon and Ascent are this weekend. It looks like it might be a cold one in the mountains. Good luck to fellow bloggers
Brandon Fuller,
George Zack and
Justin Mock.