Long-form training pieces — periodization, tempo and threshold work, peaking and tapering, mileage progression, and recovery — written by elite coaches and runner-coaches across the magazine’s 19-year run.
My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 19, No. 6)
Mike BrooksFeature20154 min
My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 19, No. 6) Mike BrooksFeature20154 min […] miles, a personal best for three days by three-tenths of a mile. It’s not much over my previous…
Self-Coaching Using Your Gps Watch Phil MillerFeature201519 min Max your training with available technology. to the signpost that says, “Here be the analysis tools for self-coached runners.” It’s not fair….
On the Same Side Clint CherepaFeature20153 min Even the worst of us eventually mature. and she was scared to sleep in her own room, I would charge her to sleep…
For the Long Run Holly HightFeature201514 min Evolving as a long-distance runner. *ve been running regularly for the past eight years, though I consider myself a lifelong runner. I started…
My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 19, No. 4)
Clint CherepaFeature201513 min
My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 19, No. 4) Clint CherepaFeature201513 min (And what | learned from it.) one foot in front of the other. I also needed a black 50-gallon…
The Ironman (And Woman) Comes To Cuba Kathy SmithFeature201520 min You never know what might happen at a first-time triathlon event. hoisted myself out of the pool to check the…
The Long Run Jason R. KarpFeature201521 min The key component of marathon training. An excerpt from Running a Marathon For Dummies. the different types of workouts you do, the long…
The Audacity Of Cavinwoodward Rob HadgraftFeature201521 min The Audacity of Cavin Woodward “Race as fast as you can for as long as you can’ ou would think—in theory at least—that…
Stopped Worrying About The Race Phil MccarthyFeature20154 min How | Stopped Worrying About the Race And learned to love the run—part Il. Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Six-Day Race, which started April…
My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 19, No. 3)
Devon KeltsFeature20154 min
My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon (Vol. 19, No. 3) Devon KeltsFeature20154 min (And what | learned from it.) incredible magic of breaking the 26.2-mile barrier, you feel like a child. A…
Less Than Four Ken FrickFeature201514 min The lucky one! younger than my years. If that’s what people tell me, I guess it must be true, or so I want to…