i like it for a reason already mentioned -- straying off regular routes and tacking on extra mileage. in fact, most of my running is not a predetermined route... just meandering until i reach my goal.
i also love to use it for some of my repeat work…
the overuse of sport drinks and gels. some running stores push this crap on beginning runners who scarf it down on 30 min. runs, and these poor newbies can't understand why they don't lose any weight. nobody should be taking in calories during any w…
so! last saturday i capped off a 90 mile week with a race. i was tired and not expecting to do particularly well, just intended to use it as a workout with some friends. i felt like i was going soooooooo slow and possibly approaching death but low a…
41:19, but the interesting thing is that two weeks later, I ran a half marathon that was on the same course as the 10k (just rearranged a bit, with a few miles added), and if I had run the 10k at the same pace I ran my half marathon, I would have go…