I’ve received some great feedback on my last two blog posts about strength training for endurance athletes. And I just so happened to be chatting with a friend last week and he said that I should write about strength training and injury prevention for the “old people”. Ask and you shall receive!
Read on to find out more!
In my last blog post, I talked about lifting weights and running. Specifically, should I run and then lift weights, or should I lift weights and then run? As a reminder, if your goal is to gain strength, you should lift weights and then run, but not on the same day. If your goal is to get the most out of your run, run before lifting weights (this can either be immediately after your run or later in the day). Running is the main objective, so you want to run and then lift. However, if your goal is to simulate the end of a race when your legs are tired and heavy, lift first, and then run.
But what type of lifting should you do? Read on to find out more!
When your nose is dripping faster than the sweat from your pores, you might wonder if exercising with a cold is a good idea.
While following a regular fitness routine is beneficial to your overall health, it's important to listen to your body and adjust your workouts when you're under the weather.
Click the link below to read about what I, and other experts recommend!
https://www.businessinsider.com/should-you-work-out-with-a-cold?r=UK&IR=T
Andi and Zach with the A to Z Running Podcast are the real deal and I had such a good time chatting with them. In fact, Zach had to stop the episode because we were talking so much 😅
Head on over to their podcast or check out their website to listen to my episode on the science of building fitness! I promise it’s not too “science-y” 🤓 https://www.atozrunning.com/episode87/
I wrote this in 2013 after I’d had an encounter with an enraged motorist. My old website was deleted and I lost the blog. Fortunately, I found a backup in an old Garmin workout where I always write down how I feel and what happened after the workout.
This is particularly important because last week, Thursday, December 10th, 2020, my friend and Every Man Jack Triathlon teammate, Tom Trauger, was one of five cyclists killed by a box truck while out riding their bikes just outside Las Vegas. I've been trying to process what has happened the last few days and am at a loss for words. I'm heartbroken and numb. This should not happen. I urge you, please please PLEASE be safe while driving. Don’t text and drive. I know I’m guilty of it sometimes, but I am going to make a concerted effort to stop doing this. Also, wait to pass a cyclist or runner until you have a clear path. If you don't have a clear path, please wait 30 seconds or heaven forbid an entire minute. Our lives are worth more than that. Tom's life was worth more than that.
Yes, you read that right. I did a 70.3! I’ve actually done 2 in the past but the first one was 5ish years ago when I first started competing in triathlon and had no idea what I was doing. The second one was in 2017 just one week after the USA Triathlon National Championships and I had done almost no specific training for the 70.3 (i.e., my longest run was 11 miles 3 months before the race and my longest ride *might* have been 50 miles). I wanted to give the 70.3 distance a fair shot before I decided if I liked it or not.
I wasn't quite sure how the race was going to go. A lot of my training runs lately have been a struggle. Even holding my goal pace (5:30/mile) has proven to be extremely challenging for just one or two miles let alone 15.5.
When deciding how I was going to run the race, I wanted to look back and see how I did last time I ran the 25k in 2017. I always keep a detailed log of my swim/bike/runs, how I feel during them, and my paces. Not just so I can share them with you, but so I can look back and see what worked and what didn’t.
This is part 2 of the 2019 Duathlon National Championships. If you haven’t read part 1, click here!
After looking at the weather forecast for Sunday, I was dubious that we would get to race. Start time for the non-draft sprint was 1:00pm. As you can see from the picture to the right, the forecast called for 100% chance of thunderstorms at, yep, 1:00pm.
When I mapped out my race schedule at the beginning of the year, I wasn’t planning on going back to South Carolina to do the DU. I started a new job and have some other early season goals, so taking 5 days off to go race didn’t seem feasible. But after moving some things around at work and with the help of USA Triathlon, I was able to make the trip.