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Lasso Running Rope Tricks

Do you use your imagination and the power of visualization when you run? If so, how often and what do you imagine or visualize? Today on Periscope (see below for scope) I revealed one of my favorite mental tricks for elevating mind over matter: the lasso running rope...

Sledding Wildly

Yesterday, I ran my first trail 5k race in Ashland, Nebraska, about halfway between Lincoln and Omaha. It was a challenging race: hills, snow, ice, mud, sharp turns, a few short slippery bridges, and branches/sticks on the course made for a fun but challenging adventurous race. This race course with snow and ice on it […]

Yesterday, I ran my first trail 5k race in Ashland, Nebraska, about halfway between Lincoln and Omaha. It was a challenging race: hills, snow, ice, mud, sharp turns, a few short slippery bridges, and branches/sticks on the course made for a fun but challenging...

Restoring Monday Mile Routine

Happy Move it Monday and first day of February! Today I recorded a brief Periscope message on the restoration of my Monday Mile easy running day routine. Deviating from this recently has caused me to be more fatigued and I’m finding that I haven’t really been taking it easy one day a week. If I’m […]

Happy Move it Monday and first day of February! Today I recorded a brief Periscope message on the restoration of my Monday Mile easy running day routine. Deviating from this recently has caused me to be more fatigued and I’m finding that I haven’t really...

Love Tapering?

Beginning tapering for the Empyrean 5k Trail Run next weekend today, I reflected upon embracing the taper phase of training for races today on Periscope. Hopefully a week of tapering for a 5k is optimal. Back in May of last year, I found a 3-week taper optimal for a full marathon before running a 4:19 […]

Beginning tapering for the Empyrean 5k Trail Run next weekend today, I reflected upon embracing the taper phase of training for races today on Periscope. Hopefully a week of tapering for a 5k is optimal. Back in May of last year, I found a 3-week taper optimal for a...

Spontaneous Fartlek

Today, on Jan. 29, 2016, I taped a brief Periscope on how to do unstructured, spontaneous winter fartlek. Fartlek is Swedish for “speed play”. A while back, I began using #FartlekFriday on Twitter to mark my Friday runs and remind others to remember to run fartlek workouts. Enjoy! Happy Fartlek Friday and have a great […]

Today, on Jan. 29, 2016, I taped a brief Periscope on how to do unstructured, spontaneous winter fartlek. Fartlek is Swedish for “speed play”. A while back, I began using #FartlekFriday on Twitter to mark my Friday runs and remind others to remember to run...