Get ready. This might be a long one. After a harsh training winter, it was finally time for the Gettysburg North-South Marathon on April 27. The race was fairly small; there were 465 finishers this year. Over a hilly course, each runner chooses a “side” to be on (North versus South). The top male and female times […]
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Adjusting your Training/Eating/Supplementing
I am a voracious reader of exercise related studies. I love reading about anything that might make me a better runner, and for a long time I was apt to try out lots of what I read in these studies. Whether it was new type of workout, a prerace fueling strategy or the hottest new […]
How to win a road race
If you happen to glance down at the post below, you will note that I wrote I was more interested in running a fast time at the Ed Erichson 5 miler than I was in winning. Alas, it was not to be. I did not run a particularly fast time, but I did win the […]
You’re all going to go crazy and die
If you have been following fitness news at all in the last few months you have probably encountered headlines like these: Couch potatoes rejoice! Too much exercise may be bad for you OVER-EXERCISING CAN SPEED YOU TO THE ‘FINISH LINE OF LIFE’ Running Too Far Too Fast Will Make You Dead (Eventually) They all stem […]