The Art of Resting and Lolling About

You old body needs more time to recover. Learn the art of lolling about.

Give Yourself a Break – with Caveats

What to do when you are running out of steam?

Exercise? Some is Better than None

Adding up the 'little virtues' for health

Sprinting Workouts. Maybe the hardest thing you’ve ever done

If crawling on all fours across the finish line is your idea of a big time then have I got a deal for you. Sprint workouts. Not running-fast workouts. Not race-pace workouts. I mean 100 meter sprints. A full-out, balls to the wall, every cell in your body straining, sprint. The kind of races that [...]

Blazing asphalt – how to workout and avoid heat stress

I grew up in Tacoma, Washington, where a nice summer day starts out chilly and inches toward seventy-five. Who cares about the week in August when we shield our eyes from that blinding thing in the sky and watch the thermometer push toward ninety? For runners it's so infrequent that you can take the day [...]

The Treadmill Test – Will You Live Another Ten Years?

Want to know if you will live another 10 years?