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Treadmill Running, Part III – How To Calibrate Your Treadmill
By Dr. Jack Daniels If you are like me you want to be accurate in how fast you are running, especially when doing intervals, threshold runs or other quality workouts. This requires calibrating your treadmill, which is done as follows: In the example above, 268 meters per minute speed (6:00 mile pace) is achieved by [...]
Tomica Čudina Sets 8-Minute PR At Frankfurt Mainova Half Marathon
Tomica Čudina set an 8-minute PR at the Frankfurt Mainova Half Marathon. His official time was 1:37:00. [Full Results] Afterwards, he thanked his coach Malindi Elmore: I would like to thank you Malindi for all the support you have given me through out my preparations, with the training program but also with all the advices [...]
Treadmill Running, Part II – Training Types
By Dr. Jack Daniels There are really only two types of training a person can do: steady running and intermittent running. By steady running I mean a non-stop run at a consistent intensity. The intensity may be very easy, as at the beginning of a warm-up, during cool-downs or during recovery runs; or it may [...]
Aidan Ryan Finishes 10th In Mile At New Balance Nationals
Aidan Ryan (pictured above) with his coach Kristin Stroupe at New Balance Nationals Indoor after finishing 2nd in his heat and 10th overall in the Boys 1 Mile Championship. His official time was a new [...]
Setbacks To Success
By Dr. Jack Daniels We hear a lot about “overtraining,” whatever that is. Some people call it “staleness,” others just say you are in a state of “athletic depression,” or, that you are “over-worked.” Researchers all over the country; no, all over the world, are trying to figure out how to identify overtraining and how [...]
The Absurdity Of A Sub-2-Hour Marathon
I'm sure you've all heard by now that Nike is currently undergoing a project to facilitate a sub-2-hour marathon in the near future. Recently, they did a half marathon test run on a Formula One race track. [...]
