When the Only Safe Place to Run Is the Center of the Road

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