I hope, I hope, I hope!!
I ran 7.3 miles tonight! Leg had a little trouble, but it was the best it’s been (during AND after) since I started having trouble!!
Work is getting to be too much. I don’t mind OT once in a while, but for the last 2.5 months I feel like I’ve been overloaded. Last night was another 14.5 hour day – and that’s 14.5 hours of inputting/compiling/analyzing as quickly as I can. Exhausting, to say the least. I got home around…
Response from Derek L. Hope he doesn’t mind me posting here, but it was exactly what I needed to hear. “if you don’t mind me saying, looking at you weekly mileage that I had seen on your blog, you are an injury waiting to happen…training is ALL about consistency…doing the same thing over and over…build/race/recovery…you…
Like Dale and Derek suggested, I’ve taken a little more time off. I’m excited to try to run again, to see if there’s any improvements. This last week I think I’ve made huge improvements with the chiropractor. I honestly feel like my hips are “different”, and the left one (normally the healthy one) feels lower…
I’ve always been a huge fan of the Stillwater races. This Spring I had three of my athletes racing the Stillwater 1/2 marathon. Perhaps you saw Craig’s overall win photo? NBD, a 1:14 win (solo) in marathon-training mode! Last year I raced the Log Run 10 mile along with two other athletes. That 10 mile is…
Wow. I don’t know what about the last two weeks has made time FLY by… Is it because Nate’s working now? He started as a dentist in Faribault two weeks ago. He loves it, but the commute from our house in RW is pretty long. It makes for pretty late nights if he has long…
Most Americans consume a 12% protein diet and most body builders eat a 25% to 30% protein diet, per Paul McCarthy’s How Much Protein Do Athletes Really Need? Physician and Sports Medicine. SOOO – how much do runners actually need? Somewhere between 12-30% of total caloric intake? I’ll focus on endurance athletes in this post….