If I want to stay injury free and have a successful racing season, I need to stop making excuses and utilize those free moments. It’s so easy to just say I’m too busy. I need to push myself in everyday life the way I push myself during ultras.
Read MoreThe simple activity of putting one foot in front of the other has not been kind to me, as every step has felt like I have a searing knife into the arch on my left foot on the good days and a burning one with loss of control of the foot on the bad.
Read MoreIt feels like I’m writing a lot of these types of posts lately. And well I only finished half of my races this year. 2 of my 4 races I had big fat DNF’s. I’m not going to sugar coat it, it sucks.
Read MoreIt is important to look at your goals and orient your routine and approach to reflect those goals. Personal success does not come just because you are doing certain workouts. Your success will come from pushing your own limits and embracing your own improvement
Read MoreIt’s true training for a 100 mile race is not a small task but I feel it can be simplified into a few key elements. I am not an expert but here’s my thoughts based on my 100 mile training cycles.
Read MoreUltra-running can be a unique, tricky sport. Success at an ultra isn’t always about the place you come in, your finish time or even finishing at all. It’s about your mental and physical performance and whether you gave it your all or not.
Read MoreThis post, written by TWB runner and recent first-time BQer Jess Chen, is about changing things up and embracing a speedier summer racing schedule. The marathon gets a lot of love, but the short and fast stuff might just help you uncover your competitive fire just like it has for her.
Read MoreGreensboro resident Jen Goff brings her coaching talents to Team Wicked Bonkproof for online running coaching
Read MoreI was also a little worried about whether or not we were being too aggressive... but here at mile 22 I was hoping that we weren’t on a doomed path.
Read MoreFrom the outside looking in, I can see how it might seem like I have to make a lot of sacrifices to fit all this in. Let’s take a little peak at how my “time consuming” hobby is not as family time consuming as people might think.
Read MoreI want to share with you a vignette of my training and execution of a 2:16 marathon. I would love to go into depth but I’m afraid that could turn into a semi-biography. It is my belief that a single performance is not the product of the preceding training cycle, but all of those in the past.
Read MoreLast week, I registered for a race two days before it happened. The race – which involves a 1000 ft climb up Grandfather Mountain over the last 2-ish miles – is simply known as The Bear. And bears don’t make lists. They don’t even know how to write.
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