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2012 Marathon Training Plans, Memberships & Coaching

 

Running Economy and Age – flexibility and strength factors

by GaryD

This is the third (and last) discussion about some research that came out this month in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research titled, “Aging and Factors Related to Running Economy”. While the information I’m going to discuss here is important as a stand alone discussion, I would recommend that you also read those other [...]

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Video with exercise to help soft tissue quality

by GaryD

If you were a member of Endurance Base Camp, you could see this information

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Webinar – Training for your first marathon

by GaryD

We just hosted a webinar titled, “Training for your first marathon”. You can watch that webinar for free by signing up for our “marathon training” email list #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:450px;} /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and [...]

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Running Economy and Age – the other factors, body weight, experience, lactate

by GaryD

In my last post on running economy, Are you too old to have good running economy I shared the results of a recent research article looking at the relationship between age and running economy. You can find the abstract to that research paper, here As mentioned, the purpose of that research was to “investigate the [...]

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Why runners and cyclists should embrace the two way streets in Lexington.

by Gary Ditsch

The news story that I have heard a couple times already today is the decision by the city of Lexington to begin the process of implementing two ways streets downtown. Kentucky.com post – Lexington moving to convert downtown to two-way traffic I have been outspoken as I get on the topic of city issues with [...]

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Are you too old to have good running economy?

by GaryD

The question of running “better” is an interesting question that I deal with regularly. I have found that when someone asks me to help them run “better” they don’t always mean the same thing that another runner might mean. For example, one individual I talked to recently simply wants someone to help her run consistently. [...]

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Do I need to run / walk during my runs? Should I run / walk?

by Gary Ditsch

Here is a post that I wrote back in 2006 and posted on another blog. It is interesting how old things seem new, how some principles never go away and how our opinions about different subjects change with more experience and increasing/improving data. For example, I still believe in using a run/walk pattern in training [...]

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Wendy’s 2011 Iron Horse Half Marathon Training Experience

by Wendy Crowe

The reason I joined this group was for the structure and accountability to exercise and get healthy. What I wasn’t expecting was to get hooked on running. I have run over the years for health but fall off and on the wagon, not this time. Gary makes the training fun and adaptable which for me [...]

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