Science of running
10 Mistakes to avoid on marathon race day
10 Mistakes to avoid on marathon race day
1. Consuming anything for your pre-race breakfast you haven’t consumed before a long run.
2. Trusting that the marathon’s pace group leaders will run the appropriate pace. (Keep track of your actual splits and know your pace for your goal time).
3. [...]
Resting heart rate for recovery
Monitoring your resting heart rate can be a valuable tool for evaluating your fitness and performance goals in running. The heart is a muscle that with training will be able to provide adequate blood to the body at rest with a lower number of beats per minute. Since the amount of blood the [...]
14Aug2008 | sean | 0 comments | Continued
Proper breathing techniques for runners
Like other aspects of our health, breathing is seldom considered…unless it is compromised. This is certainly the case while running.
Since breathing is the means we use to transfer oxygen to all of our body’s systems, saying it’s “important” is quite an understatement. Improving your breathing mechanics while running is a skill that should be valued [...]
Side stitches in running
We have all been there. Everything is humming along just fine on our run or perhaps, even race. Then it creeps in like a very unwelcome stranger. Denial is followed by alarm leading you to the conclusion that you are now the victim of a side stitch. Not me (!) you [...]
30Jun2008 | sean | 2 comments | Continued
Hypnotism part of shot-putters training routine
With the Olympic Trials for United States track and field athletes beginning today, it’s interesting to see the lengths and strategies athletes have taken to make the team and win gold in Beijing. Although sports psychology in various forms has been used for decades by elite athletes, Adam Nelson’s use of hypnotism piques my [...]
27Jun2008 | sean | 0 comments | Continued
Running shoes without heels promote proper biomechanics
Former world record holder in the 5,000m, Dave Moorcroft, tests a ‘heelless’ running shoes design by a Dutch PT.
It’s now common knowledge that running with a pronounced heel strike not only creates breaking forces that need to be overcome by the runner with each step, thus increasing the work involved in running, but these [...]
Lactate threshold training
Lactate Threshold Training - Training the body to manage lactate accumulation
No molecule in the human body gets as bad a wrap as lactate. Better known to athletes incorrectly as lactic acid, the molecule L-lactate is constantly produced from pyruvate in the body as it attempts to extract all the potential energy stored in glucose. [...]
Post run essentials
After each run find the time to recuperate and strengthen your body with these 10 post run essentials.
1. Consume a snack with ~100g of carbohydrate within 30 minutes of finishing a run of any intensity.
2. Spend 10-15 minutes going through a routine of long slow stretching. Hold each [...]
Japanese middle distance runner looks to Snell for advice
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Peter Snell traded training tips with the Japanese national record holder in the 800m, Yakota. Snell confided to Yakota that even at the international level, in his time, he was able to continue to lower his 800m personal best from 1:51 to 1:46 within 3 years. He stated that the magic wasn’t in [...]
The Experiment of One
I have decided to donate my body to the development of exercise science. This will not involve any loss of spirit in this meat bag of mine, simply a redirection of my training program and a collection of data.
This experiment, like all training for runners, is an experiment of one. I want to [...]
