Tag: videos

  • Friday Inspiration: Galen to the Marathon

    With Ryan Hall’s retirement, the U.S. lost one of its few truly great marathoners. But this week, news arrived that Galen Rupp will be trying his luck at the marathon this year. Its too early to tell if Rupp will be the next Meb or Hall*, but I’m excited to watch him race. Here he…

  • Friday Inspiration: Hardrock

    The legendary Hardrock 100, one of the toughest mountain races in the world, is underway. You can see the live coverage on irunfar twitter feed and read their extensive coverage of the race here. This course is built for Kilian Jornet, and even though he’s barely run this year, he’s still the favorite. I’d also…

  • Friday Inspiration – Learning the Handstand

    Handstand training begins in earnest this weekend.  To figure out how I should go about the progression, I’ve been watching some youtube video.  Despite the low budget quality, I think this is one of the best. Dude’s advice on using a doorframe to practice the free standing handstand is genius.  I wonder what E is…

  • Friday Inspiration – Mo Farah

    Unlike other more expensive pursuits, cost isn’t much of barrier to becoming a world class runner.  Take Mo Farah, a poor kid from Somalia who is now a Olympic champion and gets hugs from Prince William .  He’s also appears to be a great guy.  Check out this interview with him.

  • Weekend Longrun Inspiration

    I am going to make this a weekly thing here at JTD, a video to inspire everyone (myself included) to get out there this weekend and get their long run in. Our first video is top US marathoners Josh Cox and Ryan Hall going 31 miles long through Mammoth California. Check out the economy of…