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Posts Tagged ‘intervals’


Power Wheels Are Way Faster Now Than When I Was a Kid…

I was a bit tired when I got out for my run this evening after work. I figured that the run would give me some energy so I didn’t waste any time getting out the door. About 2.5 to 3 miles into the run, a kid on one of those razor things or whatever they [...]

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This Week Last Year: Intervals and Blind Folds

This week last year I wrote one of my more popular articles, an FAQ about Interval Training. I broke down the 5 most frequent questions that I am asked about interval training and explained in detail what the answers were. I also discovered the Vision 5k, a race where some of the runners run the [...]

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Last Week Last Year: Doping Charges, Playing Chicken, and Workout Types

Once again, I seemed to miss a week for looking back. Last week last year was busy, with quite a few news notes, training tips, and discussions on research findings. I discussed some research on the merits of tempo workouts vs. interval workouts. Personally, I prefer a good mix of different types of workouts in [...]

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Answers for the top questions about interval training

In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about timeless exercises in different disciplines throughout the month of May. This week I would like to talk about one of the most important types of workouts for any competitive runner. What is interval training? According to the Merriam-Webster [...]

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Which is better, tempo training or interval workouts?

Which type of workout is going to produce better results, tempo training or intervals? According to research done by Peter Snell (Olympic sprinter of 1960 and 1964) at the University of Texas Southwestern Human Performance Center, priority should be given to interval training. His research consisted of comparing performance gains between two control groups of [...]

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Exercise Related “How To” Articles

The full list of “How To” articles from the group writing project has been put up over at Darren Rowse’s site. There are 343 articles total, many of whom are really worth checking out. The top five exercise related guides (besides my article on how to tie your shoes) that I found in the list [...]

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Tough runs back to back

Yesterday morning, I ran the Bridgton Four Miler in 22:38. With a day and a half of rest, I ran a good quarter mile workout fartlek style at the Back Cover 5k Race Series this evening.

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880s

Running 800s (or 880s, as my coach refers to them) can be satisfying. We had a good 20 minute warm up, nice slow and easy. We got to the track before the high school meet had ended, so another 10 minute or so rewarmup was in order. The 800s were nothing fast (6:00 down to [...]

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