Running Times Masters
By Marc Bloom Sonja Friend-Uhl, who has won 22 national masters’ championships in road, track and cross-country since turning 40 in 2011, has no problem running fast. She just has to find the time to do it. Friend-Uhl celebrated her 44th birthday in March on the weekend of the 2015 USATF Masters Indoor Championships in […]
Why Low-Fat Diets Will Hurt Your Running
This is part five of the Running Warrior Performance Nutrition Series (parts of this were excerpts from ‘Fast Track’ by Suzy Favor-Hamilton and Jose Antonio, Ph.D.) Low fat diets are sure-fire way to ruin your health, your looks, and your performance, period! Not eating fat, especially the healthy kinds called MUFAs and PUFAs, is […]
The Four Core Zones of Training
Measuring Your Starting Point (V02 Max Estimates). In order to develop the four core training zones effectively, we need to know your “starting point” which Is your estimated V02Max. This is your current fitness level as it relates to your running performance. Using proven tables/charts developed by world-leading exercise physiologists such as Jack Daniels, PHD, […]
Youth Running Plan Guidelines
Road racing used to be something just for the adult runner. Now we are starting to see a great number of road races including events for kids such as the last mile of the marathon, “Kid K’s”, and the Mile Fun Runs. The timing could not be better with childhood obesity at epidemic proportions in […]