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Training

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Gently Approaching The Marathon

by pribut on March 24, 2010

Two Steps Forward One Step Back: Marching To Marathon Success
The 10% rule of limiting weekly increases in mileage to no more than ten percent is widely quoted as the sin qua non of incremental training. In many cases even this may be too much. An invariably rising load of 10 percent each week may not [...]

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The Road To Aerobic Improvement

by pribut on August 12, 2009

The road to improvement, like any journey begins with your first steps.  And it really happens by examining your last few steps. You have to know where you are to know what you have to do next to improve. Slow, gentle beginnings and graduated additions to that will get you in shape and prepared to [...]

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7 Habits of Highly Effective Stretchers

by pribut on June 24, 2009

For Runners:

Remember that stretching is not a warm up.
Don’t stretch before you’ve moved. Warm up gently first with movement and slow running with short strides. There is no evidence that stretching before exercise is helpful to prevent injury, but it might be useful at the end of a run. Specific injuries or susceptibility to specific [...]

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Hills Instead of Pills

by pribut on June 6, 2009

Running hills has been used for many years as an intermediate step in building strength and endurance on the way to speed work and later racing. Arthur Lydiard included hills as an integral part of his training program.
Long distance training came first. Hills followed. And later speed work was undertaken before peeking for the racing [...]

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Marathon Training: Plan Your Long Runs

by pribut on June 3, 2009

Don’t get the Summertime Blues. You can avoid them by paying your dues. Plan those long runs. Build up, drop back. Let your body adapt to the stresses and strains of going long. Then you’ll be ready to do your fall marathon.
The long run is still the cornerstone of marathon training. If you complete  3 [...]

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