Seven Principles for Setting Goals During Your Running Comeback
A former elite competitor who keeps reviving his running — even at 81 with two artificial knees — provides guidelines for goals when returning from setbacks.
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Balancing Confusion vs. Habituation in Training
Understanding how the body adapts to stress helps us to know when and how to change our training.
The Case for Minutes Instead of Miles
Get your training intensity and volume right by basing it on time rather than distance.
How to Set a PR in Every Decade: Trample on the Past
Lifelong runners often stay adaptable and motivated to run their best at any age by reseting their expectations, routines and goals.
How 6 Coaches Trained Their Runners to Make the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team
The coaches of the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team runners are unusually diverse, but they all know how to get a runner in peak marathon shape. Here’s how they did it.
Ritz on Running: Adapt or Die
Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein shares how he, and other champions, continue to have success by adapting training and goals over the years.
4 Rules of Periodization to Help You Reach Your Peak
Periodization—planning phases of your training—can take different forms, but follows universal rules that will help you get the most from your training.
When and Why to Pull out of a Race
Coach Ben Rosario and elite runner Scott Fauble of the HOKA Northern Arizona Elite take us inside the decision to withdraw from an important race, with lessons for us all.