“Speed through strength.” This sums up my experience running the 2023 edition of the New Balance 5th Ave Mile while in marathon training mode. For the previous 11 weeks, I’ve been working a lot on my endurance and my lactate threshold. As I transition to my final eight weeks of more specific marathon training, this […]
In 2021, I focused on training to arrive back in shape. This year, I continued to improve my strength, speed and most of all, my knowledge. Many transitions occurred this year with my family—all good things, though challenging at times. With this came clarity with stuff that I’ve been asking and praying about for the […]
In 2019, I made a conscious effort to research how to improve my running. When starting to run in 2015, I looked towards the physiology of running, but ignored the mechanical side of it. So I began. For over two years I went to work reading and observing all I could about mechanics. I found […]
Some helpful running tips I’ve discovered along the way to improve my training: 1.) Make sure your nutrition meets your daily training goals. Keep it simple. 2.) Occasionally log the food you eat to see patterns in diet if your training feels “off”. 3.) Know your strengths and work on your weaknesses. Solely running more […]
In many ways, being a musician prepared me for my discovery of running. I definitely wouldn’t have dreamed of taking up serious running 15 years ago as a freshman at a conservatory. Chord voicings, transcriptions, ensemble work and theory seemed to occupy most of my time. In retrospect, I probably took music too seriously and didn’t […]
I’m not sure why I always do well racing when I have a scheduled commitment later in the day. Sometimes, I have good feelings in the days leading up towards a race. I experienced this in my season opener. My training had been consistent, even though my mileage base had been pretty low compared to […]