Category: The Five

  • 1. Your post-long run ice bath may be nothing more than a placebo 2. Lightning strikes runner, but he still finishes Hardrock 100 (He’s Canadian, is that why?) 3. When running and religion collide 4. Speedgoat 50K preview 5. Meb will release a new book in 2015

  • 1.Yet another reason why aerobic activity is better for your heart than resistance training only (which worsens elasticity of blood vessels) 2. Nine ways running aids your body 3. Soccer as a battle between endurance and speed 4. Insecure much? Longer treatment here 5. Thirteen lessons learned from Killian Jornet

  • 1. How do you compare to the average runner 2. This writer took EPO to see what it was like and explore the world of PEDs 3. Running During Pregnancy 4.  Nice running blog links here, serious stuff 5. Interview with Hardrock winner Killian Jornet

  • 1. Stride changes might reduce injury risk–land softly 2. Lean forward when running, but where? ankle? hip? 3. Effects of the “On” running shoe sole geometry 4. Is the course record for Hardrock 100 in jeopardy this weekend? 5. Win the Tour de France with your thumbs

  • 1. Jack Daniels’ (no, not that one) rules for running 2. Four lessons we can learn from runners on PEDs 3. My first fell run 4. Cross training workouts of high school running stars 5. Scenes from the really steep US mountain running championships 

  • 1. When are you ready to run a marathon? 2. This recycles very few months, but still sound advice 3. Adam Condit’s Western States report 4. No whining 5. Five things she learned from running a marathon

  • 1. Western States recap from Steve Speirs 2. Marathon pacing and gender differences 3. The pawback drill for trail runners 4. One dad’s introduction to cross country 5.  There are a lot of creative awards in ultra races, but few like this in road marathons

  • 1. What a great moment 2. Great review of Garmin Vivofit from Peter Larson 3. Tapering can be dangerous if not done properly 4. Meb started the Peachtree road race in last place and passed 22,779 runners to raise 75,000 for charity 5. Tin Olson’s journey to Hardrock

  • 1.  USATF report on the indoor championships controversies essentially says “mistakes happen” 2. Run Peachtree Road race today?  Did Meb catch ya? 3. Hardrock 100 Preview 4. Lessons learned from 10 years at Western States 5. I need to be better about this

  • 1. Drone flies through fireworks 2. Sally McRae’s Western States 3. Looks fun and beautiful 4. Nice set of post-Western States reports 5. An Ode to Telluride

  • 1. Wonderful race recap from Anchorage Marathon.  (Pay attention for the Axe cologne comment!) 2. What is skyrunning?  Read this 3. Brooklyn half marathon heart attack victim’s records withheld by the state 4. Runners will attempt to break marathon World Record at Berlin in September 5. Why don’t more elites do this?  The sport would…