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Category: Friday Inspiration

  • Friday Inspiration: Triathlon Training

    With Vermont City Marathon behind me, its time to focus on the New York City Triathlon in July. I’m really excited to spend more time on the bike (though less excited about spending more time in the pool). Come July, I’m gonna be all:

  • Friday Inspiration — The Injured Runner

    I found this video of 15 hours in he life of Anton Krupicka strangely moving and inspiring in its discussion of a running struggling to find balance. Krupicka is a talent runner and a thoughtful guy. Here, he discusses how injury has hampered his running career. I feel for him. Especially as it seems his youthful…

  • Friday Inspiration: Running in the Rain

    The Brooklyn Half is tomorrow and, while I have a marathon the following week, and I’m battling a weird hamstring issue, and its going to rain, I’m still going to do it. This is year three for me and the Brooklyn Half. I can’t miss it. Tomorrow should be warm, and wet. Kinda like it…

  • Friday Inspiration: Transvulcania

    The international ultra running session starts in earnest this weekend with Transvulcania, run on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands. There is a really great group of runners there this year (check out irunfar for interviews with Dakota Jones, Emelie Forsberg and others). I’ll never run an ultra as fast as these…

  • Friday Inspiration – Getting excited for the long run

    Tomorrow, I’ll do my last really long run of this training cycle — 20 miles. I’m looking forward to it, and I’m looking forward to it being done.  Whenever I want to post a video related to a long run, this Josh Cox / Ryan Hall video always comes to mind. Maybe it’s their graceful…

  • Friday Video: Sally McRae and Western States

    It was 34 degrees my morning run which is way too goddamn cold for late April. Still! Summer is coming, and with it, the marquee ultra running events. I’m super excited for this year. A whole new crop of talented runners are on the rise, including the fascinating and talented Sally McRae, who placed 10th…

  • Friday Video: The 1991 Ironman world Championships

    Some dude on youtube has posted a bunch of old videos of NBC’s coverage of the Ironman world championships in Kona. Being a bit obsessive, I’ve started watching them in order during my Wednesday night treadmill tempo runs. Here’s the 1991 edition with Mark Allen, Paula Newby Fraiser and John Tesh narrating! 1991 was smack…

  • Friday Inspiration: Why Endurance Athletes Choose to Suffer

    Like everyone in the northeast, I’m sick of this winter. I’m sick of the cold, and the ice, and the half frozen black slush. More than anything else, I’m sick of running on the treadmill. On the weekends, I generally head outside, regardless of the weather. But during the week, when I’m often running before…

  • Friday Inspiration: Scott Jurek

    I just finished reading Scott Jurek’s memoir/cookbook Eat and Run.  Its surprisingly good. It reminded me that, while Jurek is pretty far out there on the spiritual end of the running, eh is thoughtful and articulate on the interplay between the science of running and the sports more spiritual dimensions. So, in honor of the…

  • Friday Inspiration: Desi Linden workout

    Here’s an oldie but a goodie. Desi Linden, when she was still Desi Davila, training for the 2012 Olympic trials by running 5 x 2 mile repeats at 5:15 per mile, in the winter, in Detroit. Check out her form. Its damn near perfect: Maybe I’ll try this work out. Though for me, the pace…