2000 miles & 2 boobs are better than one

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posted: 2/25/2009 at 9:54 PM
modified: 2/25/2009 at 10:12 PM
Jeff


fu don't kung think

posted: 2/26/2009 at 12:38 AM
Thanks, Richard. I had the pleasure, when at Rice, to run one mile of a two mile straights-and-curves workout with Sean Wade and Jon Warren (my coach at the time). We ran 4:40, "running the straights" and "jogging the curves". They went on for another mile, 9:00. The next summer, in Atlanta, Sean led the first 14 miles of the Olympic marathon.
posted: 2/28/2009 at 8:49 PM
modified: 2/28/2009 at 8:51 PM
Holy crap. That article about PF is exactly what I ended up doing after trying about 9 billion different things and assimilating the ones that seemed to help.


This is turning out to be a really good blog, thanks for posting it. Can't wait for todays 5k article and tomorrow's Ed Whitlock content.
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posted: 3/1/2009 at 4:14 PM
Quote from RunningBEHIND on 2/28/2009 at 8:49 PM:

This is turning out to be a really good blog, thanks for posting it. Can't wait for todays 5k article and tomorrow's Ed Whitlock content.


The 5k article was great.

"Because the 5K race is not just about endurance. And it's not just about speed. Or strength.

It's about all those and more. It's about stride efficiency. And mental focus - resisting the urge to join the mini-mid-race battles that turn a 5K into a Fartlek session. And about confidence, about staying within your own race instead of panicking, instead of running someone else's race, some stranger's race, because yours suddenly doesn't seem good enough.

But it's about one thing more than any other. And until a runner accepts this one thing, every race - and every training session leading up to the race - will be nothing more than a crapshoot.

Listen: the single most important thing to understand about the 5K Race is that it is neither a distance nor a time - it is an effort. "
posted: 3/1/2009 at 4:44 PM
Yeah that article was even better than I had hoped.
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posted: 3/9/2009 at 3:03 PM
modified: 3/9/2009 at 3:03 PM
Nice interview with Greg Meyer, last American male to win the Boston Marathon.

http://petemagill.blogspot.com/2009/03/back-in-day-greg-meyer.html


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posted: 3/9/2009 at 3:36 PM
The marathon destroys talent, doesn't create talent. Very, very few runners are pure marathoners. Only run them when you're really on top of your game, and when all your running is clicking!

Make sure you stay competitive at the shorter distances. Don't use the excuse of the marathon to be less of a runner elsewhere.

And I tell my kids to be aware of when you're running well - to remember what it feels like! That's the feeling you want to recreate over and over again.
Jeff


fu don't kung think

posted: 3/25/2009 at 1:29 PM
http://petemagill.blogspot.com/2009/03/morning-read-journey-of-thousand-miles.html

Should I be weirded out by the fact that my new favorite running blog is one for masters running.
posted: 3/25/2009 at 1:35 PM
Quote from Jeff on 3/25/2009 at 1:29 PM:
http://petemagill.blogspot.com/2009/03/morning-read-journey-of-thousand-miles.html

Should I be weirded out by the fact that my new favorite running blog is one for masters running.


You've become wise ahead of schedule.
Jeff


fu don't kung think

posted: 3/25/2009 at 1:41 PM
Quote from MrH on 3/25/2009 at 1:35 PM:
You've become wise wizened ahead of schedule.


It's a fine line.
posted: 3/25/2009 at 3:41 PM
Quote from Jeff on 3/25/2009 at 1:29 PM:
http://petemagill.blogspot.com/2009/03/morning-read-journey-of-thousand-miles.html

Should I be weirded out by the fact that my new favorite running blog is one for masters running.


Never trust anyone over 40 is the new never trust anyone over 30.


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posted: 3/25/2009 at 4:28 PM
The marathon destroys talent, doesn't create talent. Very, very few runners are pure marathoners. Only run them when you're really on top of your game, and when all your running is clicking!


What's that mean, it destroys talent?
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posted: 3/25/2009 at 4:49 PM
modified: 3/25/2009 at 4:52 PM
Quote from AmoresPerros on 3/25/2009 at 4:28 PM:
What's that mean, it destroys talent?


I read it to mean that in racing a marathon, every weakness is amplified far, far more than in, say, a 10k.

Don't risk it unless you first have demonstrated that you can master shorter distances.
posted: 3/25/2009 at 4:50 PM
I think he's saying that successful marathoners build their career on long distance track, and run the marathon when they have peaked. Using 26.2 miles to express fitness built on the track. Successful "career marathoners" are very rare, very few elite marathon runners improve significantly in the long term.
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posted: 3/25/2009 at 5:19 PM
Quote from Minderbender on 3/25/2009 at 3:41 PM:
Never trust anyone over 40 is the new never trust anyone over 30.


I thought that by now they'd have revised it to something like "never trust anyone over 70."