Training
The April issue of Runner’s World had an article about training for your first 10k. I thought no time like the present to expand on this a little bit and talk about moving up in distance. I get a lot of athletes that have finished their first 5k and feel ready to jump right [...]
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Today’s guest post is by Erin McDougall. Erin (http://twitter.com/erinmcdougall) lives in Brighton ON with his wife and 4 children. He makes his living as a Project Manager in the Automotive industry, and enjoys running, wilderness camping, and music. It seems like one thing that all runners have in common is injury. Whether it’s a beginner [...]
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Today’s guest post is by Elyse Andrews (www.elyseandmike.com and http://twitter.com/ElyseAndrews). Elyse is a writer and editor living in Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband. She loves running long distances, eating whole foods, snowboarding down big mountains and traveling the world. You can find her at www.elyseandmike.com. It’s that time of year again when we set intentions [...]
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I’ve really struggled with a schedule this year. It’s usually easy for me to pick out all the fun events I want to do over a year – but I’ve decided that I need a rebuilding year. I’m going to take it a little slow and focus on shorter events including a few half marathons [...]
My first time smoking a turkey – test run before Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving week everyone! Please take this time to enjoy yourselves a little and reflect on all that we have to be thankful for! Here is my planned schedule for this coming week: Weekly Focus: Running Build (weekly mileage: 19) Approximate time: 8.5 hours Monday – [...]
I'm The Running Mike, a triathlon coach, running coach, and endurance athlete that likes to run, bike, and swim. 
