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It finally feels like I am in my normal training routine again. Earlier last week I had some achilles pain that was due to my orthotics being worn down. About every 1.5-2 years my orthotics wear down and I start to get pain on the inside of my left achilles. The solution is simple, wear…

This week was the first in which I felt like a runner again. That was partly because I began actual workouts and partly because I was running doubles again. The legs are going to take a little bit of time to get used to it all. but overall the week went well. As far as…

Running Economy,my log, and Echinacea. Running Economy RE is another one of those magical physiological markers that tell us how fast a runner should run. Just like it’s cousin VO2max, having a good RE is essential to becoming a great distance runner. In fact, if you combine it with other abbreviations, you have the ultimate…

School has started unfortunately but at least I am running. I’m finally over the awkward phase of running. For a couple of days I felt complete uncoordinated when running and had no sense of pace what so ever. These past two days I’m starting to get back in the groove. My lungs feel great, but…

Since that is all I’ve been doing lately, let’s talk about the horrible thing runners have to do called cross training. As I have been reading about cross training the past couple of days, there are several things that really annoy me. Before we get into that, let me briefly tell you where I’m coming…

I’ve been down and out with a small injury, thus the lack of updates. It’s tough to get back into the normal routine when you are cross training instead of running. You really don’t feel like doing the normal things you do when you are running (i.e. update logs, check out running related websites,books,etc.). Luckily…

Part 3-The Physiological Map The particular model that I suggest is based on the ideas of Jan Olbrecht. Using his ideas and research, we can come up with a simplified way of looking at what physiological aspects govern performance. The challenge of putting such a model together is that we do NOT know everything about…

Part 2: Global Change The example above (in part 1) illustrates how to use science to our advantage. In order to do that we have to stop thinking of the singular effects a workout might have and start thinking about the global effects it will have on the athlete. After this is done, then you…

The Physiological Map series: Part 2- Global Change Part 3- The Physiological Map For the next couple days/weeks whatever, I’ll be posting a very rough draft of a paper I did for school. The basis of the paper is introducing a different way to use science in training runners. Hope it makes sense. What’s wrong…

The week of training:It turned out to be a pretty tough week of work. The intensity and density of the training was increased a bit. Next week I’ll lower the density a little bit focusing on the key sessions a little more.11/18/200710mi easy+10x100m(2E,1G) 11/19/20077.5mi of1.5mi w/up, 1mi (4:43), 400 steady, 1200 (split 71s), 800 steady,…

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Back to the grind

First real workout back

Running Economy?? Overated.. echinacea and EPO?!

Let’s talk cross training…

Part 3- THe Physiological Map

Part 2: Global Change

Part 1-What’s wrong with the Traditional Physiology based training model?