Author: Jake
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Examples of Medium-Term Goals for Busy Professionals
Introduction As a business professional juggling numerous responsibilities and a busy schedule, it’s easy to lose focus on personal goals, particularly when it comes to fitness and running. However, maintaining a consistent running routine is crucial for physical and mental well-being. Setting medium-term goals can provide the motivation and structure to stay on track with […]
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Couch to Half Marathon: Training Strategies for Busy Professionals
Introduction You used to run X miles a week, and now, you’re lucky if it’s 0.5X. I get it. And summer is around the corner, and you want to go from the couch to a half marathon. I get that, too. Maybe you aren’t a couch potato, but you haven’t been putting in the solid […]
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Breathing While Running: How to Unlock Lung Capacity
Most unfortunately there are no magic secrets to improving performance. Thus, it’s with a heavy heart that I say this article will not attempt to imbue any onto you. Frustratingly, this article contains merely science about the human body and practical advice on how to apply this to improve breathing while running. This being said, […]
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How to do a Kenyan Diagonals Workout
Not quite feeling fresh enough to run a hard workout? Not quite tired enough for a slow recovery run? I introduce to you to the Kenyan Diagonals Workout. It’s a staple in the Kenyan distance running community: on those in-between days, it helps promote quick turnover, leg speed & strength, running economy—while still not taxing […]
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Does Running Shoe Heel Drop Make You Run Faster?
Minimalist running shoes, Low heel drop running shoes, high offset running shoes—what does this running shoe jargon mean? More importantly, does it affect your performance? Can a running shoe with zero drop or low drop help you run faster race times? What do the pros use? Do they care? What is the best running shoe […]
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Abandoned Running Track in Giarre, Sicily, Italy
If this doesn’t become the top-most running-related post on an abandoned polo track in an outskirt city of Sicily, then I’ll have failed. If you’re a runner in Giarre, then I hope this info on Giarre’s abandoned running track will help soothe your running-route woes: for there aren’t many other places to run in this […]
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Running in Air Pollution: 3 Healthy Ways To Do It
I was in Beijing a few weeks ago for work, and I took this picture from my hotel. This is what 203 Air Quality Index (AQI) looks like. This is known as “Very Unhealthy” on the AQI charts. Running in pollution like this is dangerous—we’ll discuss why today—but fortunately I knew how to minimize the […]
