I went on an awesome vacation this past week – it was a beach vacation. While beaches are beautiful for relaxing and swimming, I have never understood the lure of beach running. I find running on sand to be extremely difficult and a source for injuries. With that said, I believe that beach running can […]
Legal Performance Enhancers
With all of the talk about illegal performance enhancing drugs in cycling, baseball, and other sports, I thought it would be interesting to discuss legal performance enhancers. Unlike the devastating long-term effects that EPO and steriods have on the human body, giving yourself a dose of the following will help to improve your running without […]
Eating (or Swishing) Carbohydrates for Fast Running
Every runner knows how important it is to eat carbohydrate-rich foods before a training run or race. In fact, for long races such as the marathon, “carbo-loading” the night before by eating carbohydrate-rich foods is an indispensable pre-race ritual. Foods such as pasta and different types of breads are an absolutely essential ingredient for the […]
Free Radicals and Antioxidants
Oxygen is the fuel for long distance running. Oxygen enables the body to use glucose, which itself is produced from carbohydrates that we eat, for energy. This is why runners breathe so heavily when they exercise – the body is trying to intake as much oxygen as possible to drive the chemical reactions that produce […]
The Internet and Running
It is easy to take excellent running web sites for granted. Fewer than 15 years ago, there was almost nothing that qualified as a “running web site.” All information about training principles, racing, and injuries was contained in running books or magazines. With the rise of the internet, runners have access to a wealth of […]
The Importance of Sleep for Running
For a runner to reach his or her potential he or she must develop a training program that incorporates training methods such as proper base building, threshold workouts (tempo runs), and speed workouts (intervals). However, one of the most important parts of an effective training program is when a runner’s body is seemingly doing nothing […]
