It’s been quite the week in RCW land. Along with working at three events (Stegosaurus Tri, Island Lake Tri, and the Dexter-Ann Arbor Run), I’ve gotten back into the swing of training – with all that comes with hard effort – and some family news, too. So here we go with three pieces of news. …
Tag: tempo run
Inertia – Friend or Foe? Both!
I DIDN’T WANNA DO IT. Yesterday was tempo day on my training calendar. One-mile warmup, followed by five miles at a medium-hard effort, ending with a one-mile cooldown. Simple and straightforward. And a bitch. Cuz I don’t like it, even at medium-hard effort. What’s that? Depends on how I feel at the time. Last week …
Peak Training and Power Loss
WELL, WHAT A WEEK IT’S BEEN. From fatigue to power outages, to working Zero Waste at a frigid 5K on Sunday, it’s been an eventful March! Last year’s winter training was the toughest I’d ever been through, as I prepared for a Boston qualifying marathon in April, and my first 100-mile race in June. “This …
Running Cold and Hot (Chocolate)
IT'S GETTING A BIT NIPPY OUT THERE, as they say. Seems like we went from warm sunny evenings to cold and dark just like that. Even had our first snow on Monday. But that doesn't stop the PR Fitness club. As we're fond of saying, there's no such thing as bad weather, just insufficient gear. …
RUN COFFEE WRITE 