Category: Training and Racing
Watch: IT Band Aid
If you don’t know what your IT band (or iliotibial band) is, that’s great news—it’s probably not a problem area. If it is a hotspot for you, or if you have soreness at your outer hip or knee or general tightness along the outer thigh, this free video at YogaVibes has some ideas to help! Yoga Class Description…
Racing Wisely: Choosing a Destination
Racing can be a fun impetus for travel or a major onus. In this excerpt from Racing Wisely, I explain how to consider location, location, location as you choose a race. Choosing the location of your race wisely can set the stage for your own personal best, and location is a very personal decision. Will you target your…
Read: Mindful Racing
I’m very excited to lead our meditation at Wanderlust 108 in Atlanta, GA, on September 28. Today at the Wanderlust blog, you’ll find an excerpt from Racing Wisely, with some thoughts on mindfulness and running: Any practice can be a mindfulness practice, and many can be mindlessness practices. It’s all about intention and attention. Why are you here?…
Racing Wisely: Consider Others
Training and racing don’t happen in isolation. In this excerpt from Racing Wisely, I explain how your race choice can affect your loved ones. Consider them as you choose a race. The who of your personal best extends beyond you personally. Even if you live, train, and move through the course alone, you don’t race…
Racing Wisely: Choosing an Event
This excerpt from my latest book, Racing Wisely, prompts you to consider what you are going for when you commit to an event. Find a downloadable race planning questionnaire at racingwisely.com. Your personal best race is one where you meet your goals while maintaining a positive outlook according to your intention. The fact that this…
Sprint Triathlon Plan with Coupon
If you have a race coming up in the summer, do you have a plan to match? Systematic training—and systematic rest—will get you a lot closer to peak performance than inchoate workouts where you race the swimmers in the next lane, show off to your cycling friends, or run just how you feel. Coming up, I’ll have…
Racing Wisely: Choosing a Fall Goal Race
It’s the time of year to commit to a fall goal race. As you consider your options, here’s some advice from my latest book, Racing Wisely. Racing at your personal best is different from setting a personal record (PR), although the two can certainly happen simultaneously. When you race at your best, you finish satisfied that…
Racing Wisely: Testing
Here’s an excerpt from my latest book, Racing Wisely, on the importance of testing yourself during training. It’s not the most fun part of any training cycle, but it is critical to set yourself up for a personal best. In order to adjust your training so you can achieve your best performance on race day, you’ll need to…
Bring Your B Game
Don’t bring your A game. I first thought of this as a throwaway line previewing my Yoga for Athletes class on Twitter, and then as a clever way to introduce the “B game” concepts of body and breath. But on reflection, the idea of intentionally bringing your B game—doing less, going for 80 percent rather than 90 or…
Read: Add Some Downtime to Your Training Plan
Relax! It’ll make you faster. Better yet, it’ll make you a better person. This is the topic of The Runner’s Guide to Yoga, my recovery video series at Competitor Running, and this essay: Seasonality and cyclicality are engrained in our bodies, from the annual trip around the sun to the monthly cycle of the moon to…
The Sweet Spot
A musing on southern summer trail running: you need to go late enough that someone else has knocked down the spiderwebs, but early enough that the deer flies are still sleeping. Late enough that the humidity is dropping, early enough that the heat hasn’t risen.
Racing Wisely: Postrace Reflection
Here’s an excerpt from my latest book, Racing Wisely, with ideas on using your postrace reflections for self-growth and help in choosing a new goal. Reflection As you take time off of workouts after your peak race, you’ll have some extra free time. Devote this to mental recovery and reflection. It can be tough to be out…