Read the full post on The Science of Running. She started in the back, where she expected to be, but something changed halfway through the race. She was moving up, and gradually…
Month: July 2020
Episode 116: Endurance Development- Part 1
Read the full post on The Science of Running. It’s time for a deep dive into training. This week begins a multi-part series on the development of an athlete. We start with…
Episode 115: Fartleks, Alternations and the Lost Workout Style
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Fartleks, the wonderful invention of Gusta Holmer in the 1930’s, is something we are all familiar with. Run hard for a minute, jog…
The In-Between Zone: Training isn’t just hard-easy.
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Since Bill Bowerman popularized the idea of alternating days in which we do a hard workout and follow it up with a…
Episode 114: Do Fast Times Transfer to Being Competitive
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Do the fastest athletes always win? The ones who come in with the best seed time. The athlete who threw down that fast…