From “Eh” to “Hell Yeah!”

If marathon training were easy, everyone would do it.  Actually, that’s not true.  If marathon training were easy, most runners would get very bored and would do something

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Raising a Runner

My seven-year-old son Riley has been begging for weeks for me to bring him with me to the track workout on Tuesday nights.  I’ve taken the kids to

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Let Me Be Specific

It seems so obvious when you think about it:  train for your race by mimicking what you will face on race day.  For 800 meter runners, that means

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Lemon Cream Pie Endurance Gel

I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but I love a good pie.  For Thanksgiving, I usually make three or four of them.  My dad loves cherry

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The Michigan: I’m Supposed to Be Having Fun?

With just over two months to go until Richmond, my Tuesday workouts are getting much more marathon specific.  Gone are most of the short sprint intervals on the

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Simple Cereal Bars

To improve at a sport that requires little more than a decent pair of shoes, runners tend to find a way to complicate things.  From $600 multi-data-point watches,

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