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Posts Tagged ‘Adjusting Training’

Having “Space” in your training plan- Why Density is often the neglected variable

By stevemagness

People love comparisons. It’s built into our nature to compare groups and note the differences. So it’s no surprise when I present at conferences, that one of the topics is often on looking at the differences between runners. Whether that’s from the high school to college to pro groups, or from different types of runners.…

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Blind Feedback Workouts- Why feedback matters and how to ignore it

By stevemagness

Times, splits, seconds, minutes.  They are so ingrained in our head as runners, sometime cruelly, that we cannot escape them. We become slaves to watch and knowing exactly where we are during every workout and every race.  But what happens if we take it all away? The role of feedback in performance is an intriguing…

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Recognizing patterns, winning workouts, making connections, and making it blatantly obvious

By stevemagness

I’m generally not interested in the stock market or any business related information, but when former Super Bowl winning coach with the Baltimore Ravens Brian Billick tells you to read a business book, you do it. So I picked up the book Good to Great by Dr. Jim Collins with the hope that I would…

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