Eating well while traveling can be difficult. Hours on the roads, quick stops at restaurants, and bad hotel food served to captive audiences can easily lend itself to a “not quite right” feeling in your gut even a week after you get home and back to your normal diet. There are a few tactics you…
It was a light week this week last year. I began the week by discussing how effective body weight exercises are when traveling. This was the final article of the month on training and travel in collaboration with Scott. I collected my best tips as well as what other people with the article about what…
This week last year ranged from humorous to serious as I discussed topics ranging from cartoons to hospitals. In the training tips department, I wrote about training options while on the road. There are a lot of different ways to stay in shape even if you travel regularly, and this article pointed at some different…
This week last year I gave a lot of good advice about how to find a place to work out, how to choose a race plan (including a case study) and explaiend how your racing problems are all (quite literally) in your head. The week began with a new series with Scott, this time focusing…
This weekend, I will be traveling down to the Atlanta, Georgia area. The main focus for the weekend will be taking the RRCA coaching certification course, which will then be followed by the second running of the ING Georgia Marathon. In order to get ready for the race, I started out by using my Checklist…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about training and travel throughout the month of September. Scott finishes up this month by asking, “Does bodyweight training carry over to free-weight work?” Scott has at times done a lot of traveling, and rather than cart around heavy…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about training and travel throughout the month of September. This week I would like to talk about evaluating the available training options when you travel. Keeping up with your training while you are on the road can be very…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about training and travel throughout the month of September. This week, Scott discusses traveling with bands. What is a band? Although there are several types of bands, here I’m referring to the heavier variety that can be used with…
In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about training and travel throughout the month of September. This week I would like to talk about finding a local track to run on when you travel. Photo by ProdigalSistaWhen traveling, it can be difficult to keep on top…