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.
Tim Meier is one impressive runner, with great speed, and has seen race success at nearly all distances. His story, though, reminds us that the marathon is a completely different beast. No doubt he’ll meet his marathon goal soon enough, but his journey is interesting to follow.
The Black Diamond Sprinter Headlamp provides a terrific balance of brightness, battery life, and comfort, making it an ideal accessory for your early morning run.
One of the more popular posts on this blog has been the original 20 Reasons to Become a Predawn Runner. This post takes the list up to at least 32, with likely some additional contributions from readers.
Situated at 5200 feet (roughly a mile) above sea level, Albuquerque provides an accessible high-altitude running experience, with adequate sidewalks, sand, and paths. Just don’t try it barefoot as the burrs are a bear.
A recent study in Belgium provides more evidence of the value of running predawn – you lose or maintain weight better due to better fat-burning. There are some caveats to the study to consider, though.
Just in time for the holidays, here are some new items (calendar and mousepads) in the Predawn Runner store on Zazzle, as well as a reminder about the popular coffee mug and Runner’s Beer Stein.
Drew Trachy is one of a host of predawn runners from Alabama, and between his Running Recon blog and recent completion of his first marathon at Chickamauga, he has a great story to tell.
This Saturday, November 13, 2010, will mark six months since the launch of the Predawn Runner blog. I’d like to step back and reflect on what we (as the predawn running community) have done here, and ask some questions on what you would like to see as a future direction for this site.
If you keep up the habit of running early in the morning long enough, you may pick up some interesting behaviors and personality quirks. To help you identify your degree of predawn-runnerness, I’ve developed this helpful test.