The importance of stretching for runners goes beyond just feeling good to reducing your risk of injury and increasing your range of motion. For most of my running career, spanning almost 59 years, I only did minimal if any stretching. Now I am paying the price, being tight and inflexible […]
Monthly Archives: July 2025
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My Training Log – Week of July 28th, 2025 starts with no DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) since I only did a rest day walk on Saturday. It was a pleasant change from how Monday runs usually feel! Monday July 28th, 2025 I started doing something new this morning, hoping […]
Knowing the most important muscles for runners will help you to supplement your training with workouts to target these muscles. At the top of the list when you scroll down to read more, are the glutes and the core, and I am concentrating on each. I searched in Beachbody On […]
Altitude’s impacts on runners come not from having less oxygen, but less pressure, allowing all the oxygen molecules to spread out. I have lived at around 5,500′ (more than a mile) for close to 30 years, but I still feel the effect of the dispersed oxygen molecules when go into […]
Vests for trail runners and all long-distance running are a necessity. They carry your phone, food, water, and even first aid supplies. Even on my shortest runs, I wear my Ultimate Direction Scott Jurek even if it is only to carry my keys and conveniently carry my phone. I use […]
My training log for the week of July 21st, 2025 got off to a good start for a Monday morning with a close to sunrise run heading east toward the Sandia Mountains. Monday, July 21st, 2025 I did an out and back, mostly on the suburban singletrack that I run […]
The best surfaces to run on are the ones that put the least stress on your joints and connective tissue, such as dirt and trails, but these are not always available. There are other surfaces to run on which have advantages and which will also fit into your training the […]
The Polar H10 transmitter accuracy comes from using ECG (Electrocardiography) the same technology used for medical diagnostic tests. From the beginning, August 5th, 1986, using my Polar Vantage XL, until today I have worn the Polar chest strap. I have used a variety of Polar watches with optical sensors, but […]
My Training Log for the Week of July 14th, 2025 starts with a post about a new dirt and road loop that turned out to be challenging and beautiful. It brought back great memories of running on Thursday mornings with a group of local ultrarunners. We met at Steve Mahieu’s […]
The history of the Hardrock 100 began well before the first running of the race in 1992. It started with the need of the people of Silverton as the mining boom faded in the late 20th century. The race began this morning at 6:00 am just as it has almost […]
The benefits of drinking beet juice are considerable. From improved cardiovascular efficiency to enhanced endurance. Beets may not be glamorous but whether you eat them or drink beet juice they definitely pack a nutritional punch. Scroll down to learn more about how they are “unbeetable”! The Unbeetable Benefits of Drinking […]
Among the best performance supplements for runners are creatine, beetroot juice, caffeine, and beta-alanine, all of which I use, as well as high-quality protein for recovery and repair. Training 7 days a week at 74 isn’t easy, but if train sensibly, nourish my body properly and use these performance supplements, […]
My training log for the Week of July 7th 2025 begins a new phase of my training after I have completely eliminated gluten from my diet. It is has been easy because I have fueled my running like every runner (vegan runner) and that meant bread, pasta, and for me, […]
Knowing the best gluten-free foods for runners is essential if we are experiencing the debilitating symptoms of gluten intolerance. Many of the foods that we are so accustomed to fueling with contain gluten, but we can no longer eat them. That means we need to turn to other foods and […]
Gluten intolerance in runners is very challenging, considering the amount of food and variety of foods required to fuel running workouts. I began to suspect that I was experiencing gluten intolerance when my running times began to slow substantially, I was very fatigued all the time, and I had muscle […]