Even though the Boston Marathon is still two months away, the course is already busy on weekend mornings. Locals start running the course – portions of it, at least – in January, ignoring the cold, snow, and hostility of sedentary motorists unwilling to share the road. Witness the complaint (right) to the Hopkinton Police Department: Officer O’Brien’s fine police work notwithstanding, let’s be honest: At one point, the runners probably more » Read more
Hedge Your Bets: Switch up Those Running Surfaces!
I don’t know about you, but it’s been crazy cold and snowing like the dickens where I live this week. I don’t much mind it as I’m currently banished to the basement treadmill during the week with the whole new baby thing. I remember minding it quite a bit the year I trained for a spring marathon. At that time, while I was able to do tempos and fartleks on the more » Read more