Renee had the most impressive workout I’ve seen yesterday as she methodically executed the plan for the workout (workout listed below). While it’s not in the top four or five in terms of cool times/paces/volumes, she simply ran hard enough to get a stimulus, but ran controlled. No guarantees in our sport and [...]

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I don’t always practice what I preach, but I do do the lunge matrix before every run. I should do more mobility and flexibility work before each run but somehow I convince myself that I don’t have enough time and that the extra 4 minutes of running is of greater benefit then properly preparing [...]

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Tonight Renee Metivier Baillie will run 15 laps around a 200m track (elevation 5,300 ft.) at the 2010 USATF Indoor Championships. She may win, she may get dead last – heck, she may even DNF – but regardless of the outcome I am confident that 2010 is going to be a solid year for [...]

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Quick story. I read a post on Vern Gambetta’s blog sometime in the last year where her criticized football players for doing core work on the ground, the thought being doing a plank or even a crunch isn’t useful when you play the game on your feet. Makes sense, right?
…and it also made [...]

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James Carney is a good runner. He’s won US road championships at 20k and the half marathon. Here is how he warms up before a long run.

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I sincerely enjoyed the opportunity to speak at this clinic. Great energy in the room and a welcoming and warm clinic staff made this clinic a highlight of the year thus far. Below are the slides for each of the talks, in the same order as I gave the talks. Below are [...]

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Welcome to a new series where Dr. Richard Hansen – “Richey” – helps you and I understand what’s going on during running. From muscle activation to biomechanics, from DIY home therapies to preventive exercises, Richey is obsessed with figuring out the how and why as it relates to the human body running. You [...]

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Thanks to everyone in attendance at the clinic; thanks for the great energy in the room. I plan to produce a video of the presentation (I taped it) but I want to make sure I have time to do it right and therefore that will take a couple of weeks. Below are the [...]

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