Running Times article – Give Me 15 minutes

Posted on November 4, 2011 by CoachJay

Kenyon Neuman - Pedestal Routine

Thanks to the good people at Running Times magazine for allowing me to share this article/PDF on the site. The demonstrator is Kenyon Neuman, a young man who recently qualified for the 2012 US Olympic Marathon Trials.

The article explains my rationale for doing non-running activities before and after your run. The idea is that if you’re willing to commit 5 minutes (or less) before your run and 10 minutes after your run, the chance you’ll be injured decreases significantly.

You can download the article here; it’s 5.9 mb in size.

Finally, I’m indebted to Mike Smith for teaching me the principle that metabolic changes occur faster than structural changes. If you want to learn more, please visit RunningDVDs.com or watch some videos at the RunningDVDs.com’s YouTube channel.

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  • http://runnergirltraining.blogspot.com Runnergirltrain

    Good post! Thanks for sharing!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KRIXL7URWLJ2LBS4IM4R3EHREA Matthew

    Great stuff, Jay! Ellen posted this to the HS list.

  • http://coachjayjohnson.com CoachJay

    Thanks for the kind words.  I really enjoyed working on this article.  And a special thanks to Kenyon for demonstrating the various exercises on a hot day in Boulder.  We shot 30+ exercises total that day.

  • http://boulderrunning.com BoulderRunner

    Starting the build up again for Spring. Thanks again for the reminder and great content!

  • Ikez78

    Great stuff, been doing the lunge matrix and myrtle for the last two months and very happy so far.

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