Last week, I told you why you need to start paying attention to your resting heart rate. This week, I’ll talk about some specific ways you can both measure and track that information. Personally, I’ve known for years about how helpful taking my resting heart rate can be, but I’ve only recently started actually paying attention to it. The reason? I couldn’t figure out a good way to actually get more » Read more
Why You Need to Track Your Resting Heart Rate
Get a group of experienced runners together, and sooner or later the topic of conversation will turn to heart rate. Maybe someone will talk about how they bailed on their speedwork last week because their resting heart rate was higher than normal. Maybe someone will casually mention how the nurse thought her equipment was wrong the last time they went in for a physical because their resting heart rate was so more » Read more
Running for Weight Loss to Training for PRs
Yesterday, Ginger pondered why she runs. Lately, I’m asking myself the same quesiton. One weeknight in January 2006 I got out of bed, put on a pair of running shoes and headed to the gym. I weighed 235 pounds. I didn’t run that night. Heck, I could barely walk. It took me six months to lose fifteen pounds. A year to lose sixty. Three years to lose 100. Not exactly the more » Read more
Marathon Training Arsenal: Catch Up on Your ZZZZs
A while back, Jinger polled the Salty readers to see how much sleep we all try to fit in so we can function. She mentioned that she needed a good 7-9 hours of shut-eye at night, but that some people–even elite marathoners–can get by with much less. But getting by and hitting peak race performance are not equal, particularly if you are eyeing a PR or breakout race, so today more » Read more
Approach Your Limit. Don’t Jump the Shark.
I am a big nerd, I admit it. I minored in math in college. I loved math, at least when I could still understand it. When I got to differential equations it just got weird. Oh wait. Why am I telling you this? There is a point and it does have to do with your running. In calculus there is a concept called a limit. It will help to explain more » Read more