Bob Larsen Develops Hippie Runners, Olympic Champions, and Uses Running as a Way to Approach Life — Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed If you love to learn about the sport of running and enjoy a good read, then Matthew Futterman’s Running to the Edge is a safe bet. There are essentially four stories packed into…

Don’t forget to run faster AND stronger — “It’s not winning that is most important; it is getting to participate that counts most.” — Jack Daniels, legendary running coach, and exercise physiologist. Running is a uniquely personal sport and the role that running takes in each person’s health and fitness journey is different. We often lose sight of…

Plan a run Date this February and Improve Your Relationship and Heart Health — The saying goes, “Those who sweat together stay together.” In that case, it’s probably wise to plan a run date for Valentine’s Day this year. Or maybe, because February happens to be heart health month, a series of run dates over the entire month. …

Adventures in driver’s education — The group of five was all assembled at Michael’s house on a summer afternoon. Four of the young men had signed up for driver’s education at their high school. Michael still needed to pass his driver’s test so the benefits of the course were obvious for him. Jon, Rick, and…

Fitness requires a mind over matter mentality — “Your desire to change must be greater than your desire to stay the same.” — unknown The first step in becoming fit is to make health and fitness a priority in your life. It requires creating a mindset around fitness. To create a fitness mindset what is needed, more than…

An overview of how to predict a runner’s marathon finish time — Planning and executing a successful marathon training cycle is no easy task. Doing so requires an accurate reflection of a runner’s current fitness level, which can be difficult. Training for a marathon should provide a sufficient stimulus to provoke improvement without causing overtraining. …

Thoughts on being the director of your own blockbuster training program — You’re waiting for a train. A train that’ll take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you. But you can’t know for sure. Yet it doesn’t matter. Now, tell me why? — Quote from the Movie Inception Act 1- The Introduction: The answer to that quote, if you are…

Running can breathe life into your being and help you find peace and focus your mind — “Movement is big medicine; it’s the signal to every cell in our bodies that no matter what kind of damage we’ve suffered, we’re ready to rebuild and move away from death and back toward life.” — Christopher McDougall, Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero Christopher…

And some thoughts on how the missing piece is definitely not steroids — In December 2020 I wrote a simple and effective article on how the “Basics of Fitness Might Be Boring But They Are Effective”. That article turned out to be an absolute juggernaut — I could not have anticipated that it would go viral or that it would gain the traction…