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Category: Training
DREAD-MILL: INDOOR IDEAS FOR OUTDOOR RUNNERS
By Kristina Pattison, DPT, OCS, CSCS Keeping things interesting on a treadmill can be a feat in itself. The boredom of miles spent in one […]
PHASES OF A RUNNING PROGRAM
By Kristina Pattison, DPT, OCS, CSCS After Planning a Race Season for the year, you may be working toward developing a training program that will […]
PLANNING A RACE SEASON
By Kristina Pattison, DPT, OCS, CSCS January is when runners reassess, rebuild, and refocus on the coming season. This year, with or without resolutions, is […]
Overtrained or overstrained?
Often overtrained is poor nomenclature for overstrained. Most of us are actually running less than we’d like, stressing more than we should, working as much […]
Start Being an Injured Runner: Accepting Grief
As my patients sit down and start telling their story, usually they are smiling. They just met me; it’s customary to smile. But often, through […]
5 Race Week Don’ts
After nearly 11 months since my last Skyrunning race—the Rut 50km in Montana, USA, and about 15 months since my last international Skyrunning race—Transvulcania 75km […]
MACRO, MESO, MICRO: WHATS UP WITH CYCLES?
Progressing your training deliberately is the best way to ensure you meet your goals without sliding back downhill due to avoidable setbacks like injury, fatigue, […]
PROGRESSING YOUR TRAINING SAFELY AND REALISTICALLY
Progression is probably the most sought after and least understood of the main principles of training. Understanding how challenges to the human body trigger preferable […]
HOW TO LOG MEANINGFUL TRAINING CHANGES
The keys to making progress with training are (A) knowing where you’re at, (B) knowing where you want to be, and( C) being honest with […]