If running is your passion, your biggest challenge may not be finding time to run. After all, running for you is like eating and sleeping. How could you not find time to do these things? Instead, your biggest challenge as a runner may be finding the time to do the supplemental work needed to support that running. I understand. If I had my druthers, I’d rather be out for a … [Read more...] about The More You Run, the More You Need to Focus on the Supplemental Work
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Running for Adventure
This Salomon Running TV Special features mountain runner Ricky Gates as he travels "on the road" to explore the trails. Gates epitomizes the concept of the adventure workout while living a life of adventure. Enjoy the full 18-minute version of the documentary. And then go out and run! … [Read more...] about Running for Adventure
The Adventure Workout
We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time. —T.S. Eliot For me, the allure of the multisport lifestyle comes from the possibilities it provides for exploring the world. I view fitness as a vehicle for adventure and discovery—both outward and inward. With this in mind, I want … [Read more...] about The Adventure Workout
A Workout Does Not Equal Training
In making the distinction between training and working out, I previously noted that one can perform a workout without necessarily training for an event. One can go out and exercise vigorously, work up a sweat, and enjoy the endorphin release. As a result, one may be happier, healthier, and fitter for having done the workout. But the workout may or may not contribute toward a … [Read more...] about A Workout Does Not Equal Training
Learning to Differentiate Between Gears in Your Training
Raise your hand if you drive in the same gear whether pulling out of your driveway or driving down the freeway? At this point in my survey, I’m hoping the room is void of raised hands. Now, raise your hand if you run at one pace day in and day out? Or swim at the same speed from one workout to another? Or bike at the same effort level day after day? If you answered … [Read more...] about Learning to Differentiate Between Gears in Your Training