Static Stretching for Runners and Walkers
This excellent instructional video from Runner’s World shows five different stretching exercises that you can safely perform after running or walking:
Endurance Goals: Slippery but Bonding
Endurance goals for runners and walkers can be a slippery topic. We come to endurance running and walking from many different backgrounds. Some of us were on track teams in high school. Others got into the sport late in life. Our paces are all over the place. We have lots of different ambitions. We have …
The Olympics Effect
The Olympics effect? “What is that?,” you may ask. Fitness centers report an upsurge in enrollments because of the Olympics, and “the Olympics effect” is given the credit for this upsurge. But, no, that is not what I mean by the Olympics effect. That’s the positive result from folks watching the Olympics on TV. Let’s …
Be Kind to Yourself
“Be kind to yourself.” That’s the advice that one of my favorite coaches loves to give to endurance runners and walkers. But what should this advice about being kind to yourself really mean to you as an endurance runner or walker? I have some ideas that I want to share with you here, and then I …
Compression Wear – The Unpublished Interview
Compression wear was the topic of an interview of me three months ago by a track and cross-country coach for a U.S. high school. Interviewing everyone from an exercise physiologist and a big-city newspaper writer to me, he wanted to know our advice on training and racing in summer heat. He approached me because of …
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Regrets vs. Happiness for Endurance Runners and Walkers
Regrets and happiness do not go together, including for endurance runners and walkers. The word “regret“ — the roots of which are the prefix “re-” and a Germanic word for weeping — means sorrow for what has been done or not been done. And sorrow is the antithesis of happiness. So I have a question for you:
Hydrate for Happiness
“Hydrate for happiness.” When it comes to your endurance training and racing, does this advice make sense to you? I talked in my last article about how gratitude helps you to be happy with your endurance running or walking. Now I’m talking about hydrating for happiness. And you — reasonably — may be wondering…
Stress Test for Endurance Runners and Walkers
This stress test for endurance runners and walkers is not your typical stress test, which would stress you physiologically to see how you respond. No, this stress test will help you to identify all the ways in which you make your endurance training and racing more stressful than it should be. Please answer each of …
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Colds, urine, and group runs or walks
Colds, urine, and group runs or walks may at first glance not seem to be related to one another, so please keep reading! Yesterday morning I had to skip a long run with my training group because I wanted to give my body more time to recover from a cold that began six days earlier. …
Not Enjoying Your Endurance Running? Quit!
Are you not enjoying your endurance running? Then quit! Really. I don’t want to see you or be near you out on the road or trail, no matter whether you are training or you are racing. Simply quit. Why? I can think of many reasons. 1. You are hurting our training. Every time that you …
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