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Six Inspiring Manifestos for Runners

Published on February 5, 2012 By Greg

A well-crafted manifesto can inspire not only the directly intended audience, but other readers with diverse interests. Here are six such manifestos that can motivate your training.

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.

Why You Will Fail at Your New Year’s Resolution

Published on January 8, 2012 By Greg

No more than 20% of New Year’s resolutions last beyond January. Here are seven fatal flaws that doom such resolutions, and the fixes to keep your commitments on track.

Setting Your Priorities – Fewer is Better

Published on December 19, 2011 By Greg

How do you become a hardcore runner? You need to make the conscious decision to be less hardcore at other pursuits.

Running Builds Character – Confidence

Published on December 9, 2011 By Greg

Confidence is another attribute that you can build through running. In fact, running may be one of the best ways to build this key characteristic, with its infinitely scalable goals and independence from the influence of others.

“Getting Things Done” around Your Run

Published on June 29, 2011 By Greg

If you run for a passion but not for a living, you probably face a lot of challenges in getting all the training done you want to due to “life” getting in the way. Here is one system that can help you be more effective and efficient with your time, hopefully allowing you to better achieve your running goals in the process.

Predawn Profile – Steve Poling

Published on May 8, 2011 By Greg

I always find it inspiring to find a runner who comes to the sport a bit later in life but quickly discovers that unique combination of passion and talent that can ignite some pretty impressive performances within a year or two. Even better when they can balance it with a stimulating career and busy family life. Steve Poling epitomizes that model.

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.

Book Review: Again to Carthage

Published on April 21, 2011 By Greg

Again to Carthage catches up with an older Quenton Cassidy (hero of Once a Runner) as he rediscovers his passion for running, this time at the marathon level. It is more a book about mortality and our finite lifetimes than it is about running – that is both it’s greatest strength and weakness.