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Posts Tagged ‘strategy’


How to train young athletes (Endure! Review)

Rick Karboviak believes that most high school running coaches in this country are training our kids incorrectly, and that it is hurting the sport. He believes that we need to do more to develop the next generation of runners, and provides some solutions and strategies to do so in his book, “Endure!” This book is [...]

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Preparing for the Marine Corps Marathon

It is only a few days before I leave for the Virginia/Washington D.C. area to run the Marine Corps Marathon. I have started thinking about my race strategies and what I hope to accomplish. The race’s website, though, leaves a bit to be desired. Their course map is atrocious. It is really neat in terms [...]

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This Week Last Year: Marathon Strategy, Vitamins and Head Lamps

This week last year I was getting ready for the New York City marathon, although that did not keep me from racing. I had not quite started tapering yet, though. I planned out my NYC race strategy, since I would be pacing a friend through his first one. Our race almost exactly mimicked the race [...]

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Tapers, Plans, and New PRs » One Week to Boston

There is (less than) one week to go until the Boston Marathon, and I set a new PR today. It is amazing how much easier swimming is when you don’t work very hard in the day(s) before the swim. This weekend, I only ran 17 miles and averaged around 7:00 minute pace. When I got [...]

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My Eastern States 20 Miler training run

Last night, I published my Eastern States 20 Miler race plan. The race was going to be my last long run before beginning my taper for the Boston Marathon. My race plan had four distinct sections to it. Miles 1 and 2 The first couple of miles were going to serve as my warm up. [...]

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Eastern States 20 Miler race plan

Tomorrow is the Eastern States 20 Miler, which will be my last long training run before the Boston Marathon. The race itself is 20 miles, which goes from Maine to Massachussetts. I will probably get a few more miles in on top of that, I would guess. My goal is not to treat this as [...]

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