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Revision as of 09:40, 31 January 2010

This site is my collected tips and advice around running. Before reading anything else, check out the most important tip - Documentation Is Evil

1 Critical Tips

• Cadence, Arm Position and Cadence Q&A
• Practical Hydration and Hydration 101

2 General Running Tips

• Motivation
• Starting to run
• Running in the Rain
• Running in the Cold
• Why compression clothes?
• Running and long term health
• Running in the Dark

3 Training Tips

• Supercompensation and Why exercise does not make you fit
• How Often To Run
• Individuality and the Experiment of One
• Introduction to Workout Types
  • Introduction to Interval Training
    • Practical Interval Training
    • Fartlek
    • Practical Aerobic Intervals and Aerobic Interval Training 101
• Jack Daniels Running Formula
  • VDOT
  • VDOT Calculator and VDOT Based Intensities
• Don’t pause your watch
• Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness

4 Racing Tips

• The Golden Rule of Racing
• Tapering
  • Golden Rule of Tapering
  • Practical Tapering
  • Tapering 101
  • Tapering Tips
• How to eat a Gel
• Pre-Race Meals
• In a race, walk before you have to

5 Primal Running

• Are your running shoes injuring you?
• Primal Running Footwear and Modified Nike Free
• The Journey to Primal Running
• Toughening Feet
• Primal Running Links

6 Ultrarunning Tips

• Essential Ultrarunning Tips
• A brief guide to ultramarathon distances
• Training for your first 100 mile race
• Sleep Deprivation in Overnight Events

7 Nutrition Tips

• Nutrition is Important
• Weight Loss
• Magnesium, my favorite micronutrient
• Carbohydrates and Glycemic Index
• Protein
• MSM and Migraines

8 Injury prevention and healing

• Cryotherapy - Ice for Healing
• Injury prevention using 'The Stick'
• Blisters
  • Blister Prevention
  • Popping Blisters
  • Blister Prevention and Socks
  • Toughening Feet

9 Gear Reviews

• Blister Prevention and Socks
• Modified Nike Free
• Under Armor Heat Gear Top
• Race Ready Shorts and Tights
• SunUp Dawn Simulator
• Teeter Inversion Table
• Injury prevention using 'The Stick'
• Portable Pharmacy
• Fixing iPod remote headphones
• Thumper

10 Book Reviews

• Book Review - The end of overeating

11 Race Reports

• 2008 Double Crossing of the Grand Canyon
• 2009 Massanutten Trails 100
• 2009 Laurel Valley 35
• 2009 Hinson Lake 24 Hour
• 2009 Derby 50K

12 Off Topic and Tangents

• Thoughts on Marathon Pacing
• Back Surgery
• 2009 Statistics
• Slowing up at Weymouth Woods 100K
• Weight Loss and Performance