Why Do You Need a Rest Day Training involves progressive overload, gradually increasing the stress on the body during training (distance, duration, intensity). However you can’t just keep increasing stress. Training hard for more than a few consecutive days increases
Oura Ring for Runners
An important part of training is rest and recovery, but even with a personalized, periodized plan, how can you tell if any one run, cross training or strength training day should be an effort session, an easy day or even
Converting to Trail Running
Sometimes life doesn’t go quite as you planned. Having successfully completed the Dopey challenge I was planning on continuing with road running, looking at the New York, Marine Corps and London marathons … then what I thought was just a
Base Building
What is Base Building? For a new runner or a runner returning from injury base building is the period where you put together a consistent weekly plan, developing endurance, strength, and distance to get you in shape for the start