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Be Careful – You May Be at Your Weakest when You Are Running Strongest

Published on February 12, 2012 By Greg

So your training plan is going well. Better than expected, in fact, and you start exceeding your paces and mileage goals. Every run brings a new high. So now is the time to really be careful about not over-reaching, and here are four ways to approach the challenge.

Six Ways to Turn Disruption in Your Training Plan to Your Advantage

Published on February 1, 2012 By Greg

It is nearly guaranteed that your training program will get disrupted – whether by weather, illness, travel, minor injury, or other commitments. Here are six adjustments you can make that help you turn such a challenge into an opportunity for significant gains.

Predawn Profile – Brodie Wise

Published on January 26, 2012 By Greg

After featuring a number of runners highly focused on maximizing their performance through precise and hard-core workouts, this interview with Brodie Wise provides a different perspective – an alternative path to find not only enjoyment but success as a runner.

Running Builds Character – Perseverance

Published on January 15, 2012 By Greg

Perseverance comes from mental toughness, and this third in a series of posts on how running builds character explores how running gives us the freedom to build such toughness by taking manageable risks, where we only have ourselves to praise or blame for the results.

Turning the Page on 2011

Published on December 21, 2011 By Greg

Call it closing the book, or turning the page, or moving on, but it’s time to look back with some satisfaction at a successful 2011 and share some thoughts on the outlook for 2012.

Predawn Profile – Jason Fitzgerald of Strength Running

Published on December 8, 2011 By Greg

Jason Fitzgerald of Strength Running goes well beyond just putting in his own inspiring performances – the work he has done to learn how to recover from injuries and minimize future such risks provide lessons we can all learn from and incorporate into our own routines.

Predawn Profile – Allie Marquis

Published on November 29, 2011 By Greg

In this profile, Allie Marquis of the University of Kansas shares the trials and tribulations of running competitively at a Division IA college, and how she found new energy in completing her first marathon.

The Once and Future Way to Exaggerate

Published on November 7, 2011 By Greg

Chris McDougall has gone too far this time in his article “The Once and Future Way to Run” on the NY Times website. There is too much “anecdote as science,” and what is worse is that one anecdote seems clearly exaggerated. This does a disservice to what may be an important message.

Book Review – Born to Run

Published on October 22, 2011 By Greg

Yes, you have probably heard of Born to Run. And if you haven’t read it, you should. Not because it answers all the questions about the proper approach to running. Because it was the book that made the questions be asked.

Rebuilding Predawn Runner – The Plan and the Mantra

Published on May 4, 2011 By Greg

One hundred posts into Predawn Runner, and it is time to unveil a new model and manifesto, with a plan to be better, faster, stronger, and, most importantly, a smarter runner than before.