I have a friend who meditates and visualizes his whole day in the morning. I do the same thing before a race….the day before and in the morning just before it starts. The brain is quite capable of creating a nice flow and even can fill in the blank spaces that will show up unannounced beforehand so the day will seem to progress rather smoothly. Then comes those times … [Read more...]
One Thing That Improved My Run Speed
I saw this article about run speed, aging, and muscle reactions in the New York Times. What do they know about this stuff, anyway? I want to run faster so I jumped into the article. Ok; summary. A NIH publication in the '80s lead to a study at Wake Forest and US Army regarding aging, muscle kinetics, running, and strength. Using runners from their '20s up through the late … [Read more...]
Pickle Juice: The Pain and The Brain
It reduces CRAMPS in 15 seconds. That's it. Period. Unless it doesn't. Picture from bodybuilding.com is a reminder of how muscle cramps feel. Been there, right? This whole pickle juice thing is old news to some but here's the story anyway. … [Read more...]
Improving My Open Water Swim Training
Make your open water swim easier, make it better. You need to have a PLAN when you do your open water swim training. Too often I just get in, swim a kind of "long time", planless and clueless, and then get out of the water. I do this because usually I follow my coach's highly structured pool workout, which, … [Read more...]
Use It Or Lose It
I know it's impossible to use everything all the time while under the watchful eye of The Gatekeeper of Capabilities. That guy that determines whether we're in shape to do number crunching, marketing, or running is always pulling out one of our capabilities if we ignore it. … [Read more...]