In preparation for the USATF road mile Championships, have been doing more specific training for this distance. The following clip was during 400 repeats. Ended up running a 4:57 at the races with approx. 73, 75, 75, 73 splits according to the garmin. Ran a little conservatively by going for even splits and felt that [...]

Here’s a brief video clip with high speed video that allows slow motion viewing for better run form analysis. This clip was taken in the middle of a 1000m interval @5K pace vs. a stand-alone video form session but the advantages of the high speed technology over conventional video are apparent. Also included a few [...]

March and April have been big training and racing months around here. With the Boston Marathon coming up some tune-up races were a good way to get in some great training and see if everyone was hitting their targets. So how did they do?
First up was Bob Rowan who ran the Spirit Run 10K in [...]

This ‘runyourpotential’ recap is long overdue! Personally had a very tough start of the year regarding my running. After TCM ‘09 in October I was feeling some swelling and pain due to a PF strain in my foot. At first I thought it was a bruise of the heel/arch but during a hard uphill trail sprint [...]

Over the many years that I have run it has been mainly a solitary endeavor. I started regularly running when I moved to Newport Beach in the ‘77 and running on the sand down by the water was and continues to be a great way to commune with nature and to lose one’s self in [...]

There is a free and casual group run (organized by The Run Shop) that meets in the parking lot by the tall ships (just next to the Ocean Institute at 24200 Dana Point Harbor Dr. Dana Point, CA 92629) @ 6:00pm each Thursday evening. Convenient starting point since there are bathrooms and water at the [...]

Wanted to give a big shout-out to a local runner who has an audacious and ambitious plan for 2010. Sam Felsenfeld is planning to run 60 marathons in 2010 to raise funds and nationwide awareness for Train 4 Autism! This will be at least one marathon per week along with some doubles and triples along [...]

Went out today for a training run with one of my runners. It was a ‘recovery day’ so the mileage was only about 4 miles but much of it on steeper hills. We took it easy keeping our HR’s low and enjoying the cool morning fog. At mile 3 we did some short, all out [...]

don’t just say you have the potential .. dream big .. train big .. and run your potential.