5 Key Tips to Remember When Training for Your First 5K
The annual Big Dam Run is less than 2 months away, but there’s still plenty of time to sign up and begin training for the race! The 5K distance makes this run incredibly beginner-friendly,...
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K is for Kenya
I read the book, “Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth.” and I would highly recommend reading the book at any level of running. It is...
J is for Jogger
Mark Remy’s book says “Slow? It doesn’t matter”. When I first started running I thought that running fast meant running fast every day. When I joined a run group and had access to a...
I is for Ice bath
I can speak from personal experience that I have only ever tried an ice bath once or twice. I do remember listening to runners at the start of a race and someone saying they...
H is for Hopkinton
I have a friend, Ken Rosen, who has run Boston 17 times. Ken told me a great story about a business trip he took to Bosten, and he ran 27 miles from the Boston...
G is for Get off the road!
I have only been yelled at a couple of times. One memorable time was the following: The Guthrie loop on Kenwood Parkway It’s true, we have snow in Minnesota, and oftentimes the sidewalks in...
F is for Fartlek or…
I already have a Fartlek post which you can find here. So what is F for? I am going to say F is for F*** yea when you get your PR at an end...
E is for Endorphins
It’s funny that we ran 8 miles tonight and the conversation came up that we were all glad we ran 8 miles because 6 miles is just not quite enough. I got thinking that...
D is for DNF
I have never DNF’d a race until last year when I started participating in the Ironman Virtual races. When the pandemic started in 2020, I signed up for nearly every shorter race and eventually...
