Category: News
Recent Question: Can’t hit speed work at longer distances… HELP!
A couple days ago a reader dropped me note and had an interesting question. Donald is doing his speed work based on his 5k time.…
Heat Acclimatization
There is a 2016 update to this article ! Click here for 2016 Update As usual, it’s my athletes emails or questions posted to my…
Online Marathon Courses
Many of you took our Boston Marathon Courses this spring and gave us some positive feedback! This was our first attempt at it, so we…
2015 Summer High School Training
It seems like every year we get emails regarding high school running. As coaches, we’ve always been hesitant with High Schoolers, not because we don’t…
Antioxidents: Blunt our training adaptations?
Below is an infogram from @YLMSportScience. We’ve talked about this before with ice baths for recovery. Part of the training adaptations are triggered by the…
Warm Ups: A little science and a little art
This post originated from my athletes asking questions and then realizing that I didn’t really know some of the answers. At first, this might not…
Spring & Summer Clinics!
I know, we haven’t even gotten through Boston, Bayshore, or Grandma’s yet, but it’s time to start thinking about our fall marathon plans. Oh, you…
Coach Michelle’s C25K program!
If you know of any folks looking to go from couch to runner, then please consider sharing Coach Michelle’s program with them. For complete details:…
An athlete’s question: Hill repeats or hilly run?
I really like these and maybe we should make it a regular part of blogging! I got another great question from Jill, an athlete we…
A reader’s question
I get a lot of emails and do my best to answer as many as I can. Luckily for all of us, our readers ask…
Course 4 of our Boston Marathon Series is ready!
Our 4th course of the installment focuses on nutrition, starting from general nutrition, then narrowing down to performance considerations and your taper strategy. This is…