It’s hard to think about much else right now but don’t let this slow us down, America!
Snippets of what catches my little runner brain.
2 months ago
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A Directionless Guide to Running!
This’ll help for all your Couch to 5k training :)
5 months ago
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"Running isn’t a sport for pretty boys…It’s about the sweat in your hair and the blisters on your feet. Its the frozen spit on your chin and the nausea in your gut. It’s about throbbing calves and cramps at midnight that are strong enough to wake the dead. It’s about getting out the door and running when the rest of the world is only dreaming about having the passion that you need to live each and every day with. It’s about being on a lonely road and running like a champion even when there’s not a single soul in sight to cheer you on. Running is all about having the desire to train and persevere until every fiber in your legs, mind, and heart is turned to steel. And when you’ve finally forged hard enough, you will have become the best runner you can be. And that’s all that you can ask for."
8 months ago
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Don’t talk to me about Crossfit. I’m in incredible shape and I’m a damn good athlete. I’m strong - despite not lifting weights. I don’t need to hear your BS about how I would be a better athlete if I did Crossfit. I don’t tell you to go and run 9 miles a day six times a week because running is the best workout for overall fitness. I say just do something. Keep moving. Stay fit. Live forever.
From “Why I Hate CrossFit”
Elite snobbery – Despite the fact that the fitness industry has been effectively using HIIT (high intensity interval training) for many, many years before Crossfit was born, many people in the CrossFit community act like they invented it. Some guys busts his ass manage to master a terribly designed fitness program, and walks around like he is the fittest man on the planet who none can question? Not so much. The fact is that CrossFitters are typically good at only one thing. CrossFit. With the lack specificity, the programming doesn’t lend itself well to much else. So working out pretty much becomes your sport. Now I don’t doubt that CrossFitters are strong, and are probably pretty decent athletes. But let’s be real. Outside of Crossfit Games, among the real elite, speficity training rules the day. Most of the so called”elite” I’ve seen in CrossFit were already strong athletes in one sport or another, so it only makes sense that they would do well, even with this faulty method. I would put any of the top known strength and conditioning specialists in the country’s programming against the CrossFit programming, and i guarantee the athlete in question would outperform any “Elite” CrossFitter.
8 months ago
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INSANITY and a Marathon - FREE Training Program
Noticed one of the runners I follow on Twitter (@jimblake) started a company that provides race training programs that incorporate both the INSANITY workout and running. I know not everyone wants to run a million miles a day to train and this is a pretty awesome alternative!
I urge you to take a look - he’s offering FREE training programs for marathons and half marathons!
9 months ago
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The new Nike “Greatness” campaign is pretty inspiring:
“Greatness is not some rare DNA strand; it’s not some precious thing. Greatness is no more unique to us than breathing. We’re all capable of it. All of us.”
