Throughout my life, I’ve had an on again off again relationship with gyms, just like I have with running. But two years ago, I decided to drop my gym membership for good and instead invest in a home gym. As a senior in high school, I was a member at a local gym. My best … Read more
So far, I’ve been good about running in the cold. Even though I have a basic treadmill in my basement, I prefer to run outside, and I’ve continued to run through the winter. But this week, New Jersey got hit by a pretty good snowstorm. I went out for my interval workout yesterday – in … Read more
One of the most frequently asked questions about running is – Can I run on an empty stomach? Or should I eat something before I run? To which I always answer, “Yes,” and “No, unless you want to.” There’s plenty of valid, scientific reasons for this. Your body has plenty of fuel in the form … Read more
I’ve been back running for a little over six months now, and this seems like a good time to look back on the year and reflect on some of the progress I’ve made. There are the obvious benchmarks – distances covered, miles run, PRs set. But over the last couple of weeks I’ve noticed something … Read more
A couple weeks ago, I started a training block aimed at improving my 5k time. For the first two weeks, my focus was on developing top end speed through repetition workouts – short intervals with long periods of rest. Now that I’m in the third week, it’s time to start transitioning to longer intervals and … Read more
Last week, I ventured down to the Orange Reservoir Loop for my first speed workout. Today, I ran the same workout again. I did the same 5x320m intervals with 320m easy recovery jogs. By keeping everything the same, I’m able to compare the two workouts and see if I’m making progress. Happily, I am. Comparing … Read more
This morning, I had a problem. I was supposed to do a repetition workout, but I didn’t have access to a track or a marked running route. So I decided to try something new – basing my repetitions on time instead of distance. I’m in the first week of a training block focusing on my … Read more
This week, I started my winter training block focused on lowering my 5k time. And that meant that today was my first speed workout. Other than it being fairly cold, things worked out well. I enjoyed it, it felt good, and I’m looking forward to a few more of these throughout Phase 1. Dealing with … Read more
I’m a data nerd, and I like to be able to look at data from my runs. At some point, I plan on writing up more thorough reviews of various running apps. But in the meantime, I wanted to take a few minutes to share the apps that I use. Apps I’ve Used in the … Read more
Yesterday, I outlined the 5k training block that I had planned for the winter. The first step in this plan was to run a mile time trial and use the results to set my training paces. Well, this morning I woke up bright and early and I set out to run that time trial. It … Read more