Cold Weather Running »
Many of us are now in the time of year where the colder weather is approaching as fast as the dark evening hours, and the beginning of winter is issuing a challenge to runners everywhere to find the time and the motivation to get out and run.
Know Thyself »
It is often said that it takes 30 days to form a pattern and 90 days to form a habit, but as Jim Ryun says, “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
So how do you get motivated to do things like run and keep to a training schedule?
Sound Bites: Pack Some Punch Into Your Playlist »
You know it’s time to spice up your playlist when you can sing all the way through it without the iPod. I was going to begin by espousing the benefits of running with music. But as I began putting together my opening arguments, it felt like I was opening up a can of worms. Suffice it to say, if you are one of those runners who doesn’t run with music
Your Running News Roundup »
How are you doing on your new year’s resolutions? Chinese New Year arrived on February 7, so think of it as another chance to get a fresh start. The Age (Australia) has a good piece about the role the mind plays in exercise. Setting realistic goals and creating accountability
Age & Weight Grading Calculator Analyzes Race Success »
There was a three and a half year gap between my previous and new PR marathons.
I had made a number of changes in how I trained for the latter marathon. I could chalk the PR up solely due to those changes, but I also must recognize that I’m seven pounds lighter now.
Naturally, I’ve been wondering [...]
Motivation »
Scratch that – this isn’t about motivation. We’re all motivated to run, be it to drop a couple of pounds, set a new PR, or just spend time with the other runners in our life. The problem we all face is one of execution – actually getting our butts out the door and on the [...]
Lose Weight & Get Faster »
There was a nice little table in Runner’s World this month that illustrates how much faster you could be if you lost weight. Of course, this would not take into account speed increases due to training.
Pounds Lost
5k
10k
1/2 Marathon
Marathon
2
:12.4
:25
:52
1:45
5
31
1:02
2:11
4:22
10
1:02
2:04
4:22
8:44
20
2:04
4:08
8:44
17:28
According to RW author Amby Burfoot, the table is based on research that runners, on average [...]
Setting Goals in Running »
It’s a big run weekend with lots of runs posted to the CRN Race calendar.
Everyone goes into a race with some sort of goal in mind—everything from “qualify for the Boston Marathon” to “finish” to “have fun.” Sometimes we reach our goals and sometimes we don’t and sometimes we accomplish something that wasn’t [...]
Reasons to Run »
Spring is here, at least in most of the country, and with the warmer weather comes all kinds of extra demands on your time: yard work, cookouts, kids’ soccer games, etc. It’s easy to let your training slip at this time of year. I know that I often run more miles during the cold winter [...]
Why We Compete »
Run hard enough or long enough and a thought always creeps into that cranium no matter how hard you try to ward it off: Why am I doing this?
It may be while heaving on the sidelines of a highly competitive 10k, midpoint in a triathlon or just after passing a painful Mile 16 in a [...]
Will Run for Health »
Dr. Lee Miller wrote a piece arguing that, due to health care savings and productivity increases inherent in being more fit, that we should lobby for tax breaks to cover fitness expenses. The case that he presents about the health care savings associated with active people versus sedentary people is tempting.
However, in the more immediate [...]
There’s No Easy Way Out »
If you want to train for a marathon there is but one way to do it—train! It doesn’t matter if you are going for a sub-six-hour finish or a Boston Qualifier; you still have to train and it’s hard work and it can hurt but when you get to the end of that [...]
Get Yourself in the Pages of Runner’s World! »
UPDATE: Gigi says she has enough responses to continue with her story. Thank you and good luck to all of you who commented!
Gigi, a journalist on assignment for Runner’s World, contacted us looking for people who might fit into a story she’s writing.
Do you consider yourself a competitive runner? “Competitive” does not solely mean you [...]
Running Thoughts … »
What do YOU think about when you are running? I don’t know about you, but I don’t listen to music when I run alone so I end up either talking to myself or thinking. Running sure allows for time to do some great thinking and planning of my life. So I guess the question to ask would be “what do I think about?”
Streakers! »
A recent article by Mark right here on CompleteRunning.com got me to thinking about what it means to be a consistent runner. Those thoughts and a short excerpt in Runners World led me to this site: the United States Running Streak Association, Inc., which allows membership only to runners who have logged at least one mile every day for a period of time. Beansprout—you’re eligible—way to go!
The
New Year’s Day: A Blogger Shows Us We’re All Capable of the Extraordinary »
She’s a runner with average running talent. But what she’s about to accomplish today is definitely not average. No. It’s much more than that. Through goal setting, determination and her passion for running, today, Beansprout will reach a milestone that deserves everyone’s attention.
Podcasts for the Endurance Athlete »
EndurancePlanet.com
Over the course of the last few months I have been subscribing to the RSS feed from www.enduranceplanet.com and listening to their weekly podcast. Every Monday a new athlete or endurance sport expert is interviewed and the resulting interview posted to the website as a podcast ready for download.
Some of the recent [...]
If You Had Only One Race in You … »
I’m prone to deep thinking at precisely the time I can ill afford it: When a major deadline draws near. So on the cusp of completing a big work project, I’m now wondering what it must be like to run a race that you know is your last. This thought comes courtesy of a man [...]
Embracing the Dark Side of the Force: How to Turn Exercise Into a Lifelong Habit »
Warning: This article is for people in a constant struggle to find the will to exercise. It may not be appealing if you are not one of those people, or if you are the type of person who prefers to focus only on the warm, fuzzy side of life.
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The Jedi & You
The Jedi Knights of [...]
Get Out the Door! »
I’m quite sure that there are people out there who never feel unmotivated or unexcited to get out there and pound the pavement. I’m also quite sure that I’m not one of those people. Don’t get me wrong, I love to run. I love the feeling I get when I’m done and I’ve accomplished my [...]
I Am a Runner »
Hi, my name’s Bill, and I’m a runner.
I didn’t set out to be a runner, it just sort of happened. I thought, for many years, that I was a cyclist, caught somewhere in the grey space between man and machine, somehow transcending both to become some sort of cool, mech-human hybrid riding off into the [...]
DNF »
There are thousands of anxiety-riddled runners this month signed up for a marathon. Hundreds of them will not make it, to the start or to the finish. Some will become sick and say, “That’s it.” Some will be overwhelmed by conditions or personal turmoil and decide, “There’s just no way.” Still others will limp to [...]
Tom Fleming on Training »
Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win. —Tom Fleming
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